LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

expedītiō

expedītiō f (genitive expedītiōnis)

Meaning

  1. expedition, campaign, mission
  2. march
  3. mission: an evangelical campaign in a foreign land.
    On the Christian Mission among the Chinese...1615, Nicolas Trigault & al., De Christiana Expeditione apud Sinas... [title]

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

iter bellī: mīlitēs contrā hostēs eunt
campaign, expedition
expedītiō -ōnis (f) — in De Bello Gallico II, ch. 20

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeexpedītiōexpedītiōnēs
genitiveexpedītiōnisexpedītiōnum
dativeexpedītiōnīexpedītiōnibus
accusativeexpedītiōnemexpedītiōnēs
ablativeexpedītiōneexpedītiōnibus
vocativeexpedītiōexpedītiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

proficisci ad bellum, in expeditionem (Sall. Iug. 103)
to go to war, commence a campaign.

expĕdītĭo, ōnis, f. expedio.
I. Milit. t. t., an enterprise against the enemy, an expedition, campaign: tripartito milites equitesque in expeditionem misit, * Caes. B. G. 5, 10, 1; cf.: in expeditionem exercitum educere, * Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72; Hirt. B. G. 8, 34, 3; Suet. Caes. 46; id. Aug. 8; 25 et saep.; Curt. 7, 9; Plin. 12, 6, 12, § 24 al.— *
B. Transf., of bees: apes noctu deprehensae in expeditione, excubant supinae, Plin. 11, 8, 8, § 19.—
II. In rhetoric. *
A. An unfolding, developing, settling, determining: habet paucis comprehensa brevitas multarum rerum expeditionem, Auct. Her. 4, 54, 68.—*
B. A figure of speech, a despatching, removing, Auct. Her. 4, 29, 40. —
III. In architect., an arranging, preparing of buildings, Vitr. 6, 5, 3; 8, 6, 5 Schneid.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin expedītiō From expediō (“bring forward”) + -tiō (noun forming suffix).

Descendants
  • Catalanexpedició
  • Englishexpedition
  • GermanExpedition
  • Italianespedizione
  • Frenchexpéditionfrom Middle French expédition
  • Romanianexpedițiefrom Middle French expédition
  • Portugueseexpedição
  • Spanishexpedición
  • Bulgarianекспеди́цияfrom German Expedition
  • Yakutэкспедицияfrom German Expedition

In English words that came into English from expedītiō

  • expeditionexpedītiō

Quick answers

What does expedītiō mean in Latin?
expedītiō, a noun, means “expedition, campaign, mission; march; mission: an evangelical campaign in a foreign land.”.
What is the genitive of expedītiō?
The genitive singular is expedītiōnis. expedītiō is feminine, third declension.