noun · masculinesecond declension
expedītus
expedītus m (genitive expedītī)
Classical[ɛk.spɛˈdiː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ek.speˈdiː.tus]
Meaning
- light armed, infantry
Caesar cognovit Vercingetorigem [...] cum equitatu expeditisque [...] insidiarum causa eo profectum
Caesar learned that Vercingetorix with a cavalry and light armed infantry had departed to that place to perform an ambushc. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico VII.18
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | expedītus | expedītī |
| genitive | expedītī | expedītōrum |
| dative | expedītō | expedītīs |
| accusative | expedītum | expedītōs |
| ablative | expedītō | expedītīs |
| vocative | expedīte | expedītī |
expĕdītus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from expedio.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
expedītus adj. with comp. and sup.
P. of expedio, unfettered, unimpeded, unencumbered, without a burden : in Galliam proficisci: Sagana, tucked up , H.: legiones, without baggage , Cs.: expedito exercitu pervenit, Ta.— Masc . as subst: novem dierum iter expedito, a nine days' forced march , Cs. — Ready, free, prompt, easy, unembarrassed : expedito nobis homine opus est: ad dicendum.— Convenient, at hand, ready, commodious : iis expedito loco actuaria navigia relinquit, Cs.: via expeditior ad honores: Caesaris victoria, complete , Cs.: reditum in caelum patere expeditissimum: pecunia expeditissima, readiest.—Neut . as subst: in expedito habere copias, L.
Origins
Perfect passive participle of expediō (“to free feet from snares, unfasten fetters”), from ex- (“out of”) + pēs, pedis (“feet”) + -iō.