LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

expectorō

expectorō (present infinitive expectorāre)
Classical[ɛkˈspɛk.tɔ.roː]Ecclesiastical[ekˈspɛk.to.ro]

Meaning

  1. transitiveto banish from one's mind
  2. post Classicalto clear from one's chest, lungs

Conjugation conjugation 1 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.expectorōexpectorābamexpectorābō———
2nd sg.expectorāsexpectorābāsexpectorābis———
3rd sg.expectoratexpectorābatexpectorābit———
1st pl.expectorāmusexpectorābāmusexpectorābimus———
2nd pl.expectorātisexpectorābātisexpectorābitis———
3rd pl.expectorantexpectorābantexpectorābunt———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.expectoremexpectorārem——
2nd sg.expectorēsexpectorārēs——
3rd sg.expectoretexpectorāret——
1st pl.expectorēmusexpectorārēmus——
2nd pl.expectorētisexpectorārētis——
3rd pl.expectorentexpectorārent——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.expectorā—
pres. 2nd pl.expectorāte—
fut. 2nd sg.expectorātō—
fut. 3rd sg.expectorātō—
fut. 2nd pl.expectorātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.expectorantō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveexpectorāre—
present participleexpectorāns—
gerundexpectorandī, expectorandō, expectorandum

ex-pectŏro, āre, 1, v. a. pectus,
I. to drive from the breast; to expel, banish from the mind (ante-class.): tum pavor sapientiam omnem mi exanimato expectorat, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19 (Trag. Fragm. ed. Rib. p. 17): pavorem hunc meum expectora, Att. ap. Non. 16, 6; 16, 8 (Trag. Fragm. ed. Rib. p. 175 and 213).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinexpectorō

Latin ex- Latin pectus Latin expectorō From ex- + pectus (“chest; mind, spirit”).

Elsewhere
  • Catalanexpectorar
  • Frenchexpectorer
  • Italianespettorare
  • Portugueseexpectorar
  • Spanishexpectorar
  • Englishexpectorate
Italo-Romance
  • Italianspettorare
  • Sicilianspitturari
  • Sicilianspitturrare
  • Sicilianspitterrare
  • Sicilianspetterrare
  • Siciliansbitterrare

Quick answers

What does expectorō mean in Latin?
expectorō, a verb, means “to banish from one's mind; to clear from one's chest, lungs”.
What are the principal parts of expectorō?
expectorō, expectorāre (first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems).
How do you pronounce expectorō?
In classical Latin, [ɛkˈspɛk.tɔ.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ekˈspɛk.to.ro].
Where does expectorō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin expectorō.