LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

expendō

expendō (present infinitive expendere, perfect active expendī, supine expēnsum)
Classical[ɛkˈspɛn.doː]Ecclesiastical[ekˈspɛn.do]
expēnsus perf. pass. ptcp.

Meaning

  1. to weigh
  2. to pay out
  3. to judge

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.expendōexpendēbamexpendamexpendīexpenderamexpenderō
2nd sg.expendisexpendēbāsexpendēsexpendistīexpenderāsexpenderis
3rd sg.expenditexpendēbatexpendetexpenditexpenderatexpenderit
1st pl.expendimusexpendēbāmusexpendēmusexpendimusexpenderāmusexpenderimus
2nd pl.expenditisexpendēbātisexpendētisexpendistisexpenderātisexpenderitis
3rd pl.expenduntexpendēbantexpendentexpendērunt
expendēre		expenderantexpenderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.expendamexpenderemexpenderimexpendissem
2nd sg.expendāsexpenderēsexpenderīsexpendissēs
3rd sg.expendatexpenderetexpenderitexpendisset
1st pl.expendāmusexpenderēmusexpenderīmusexpendissēmus
2nd pl.expendātisexpenderētisexpenderītisexpendissētis
3rd pl.expendantexpenderentexpenderintexpendissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.expendorexpendēbarexpendar
2nd sg.expenderis
expendere		expendēbāris
expendēbāre		expendēris
expendēre
3rd sg.expenditurexpendēbāturexpendētur
1st pl.expendimurexpendēbāmurexpendēmur
2nd pl.expendiminīexpendēbāminīexpendēminī
3rd pl.expendunturexpendēbanturexpendentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.expendarexpenderer
2nd sg.expendāris
expendāre		expenderēris
expenderēre
3rd sg.expendāturexpenderētur
1st pl.expendāmurexpenderēmur
2nd pl.expendāminīexpenderēminī
3rd pl.expendanturexpenderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.expendeexpendere
pres. 2nd pl.expenditeexpendiminī
fut. 2nd sg.expenditōexpenditor
fut. 3rd sg.expenditōexpenditor
fut. 2nd pl.expenditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.expenduntōexpenduntor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveexpendereexpendī
perfect infinitiveexpendisseexpēnsum esse
future infinitiveexpēnsūrum esseexpēnsum īrī
present participleexpendēns—
perfect participle—expēnsus
expēnsa, expēnsā, expēnsae, expēnsam, expēnsārum, expēnsās, expēnse, expēnsī, expēnsīs, expēnsō, expēnsōrum, expēnsōs
future participleexpēnsūrus
expēnsūra, expēnsūrā, expēnsūrae, expēnsūram, expēnsūrārum, expēnsūrās, expēnsūre, expēnsūrī, expēnsūrīs, expēnsūrō, expēnsūrōrum, expēnsūrōs, expēnsūrum		expendendus
expendundus, expendenda, expendendā, expendendae, expendendam, expendendārum, expendendās, expendende, expendendīs, expendendōrum, expendendōs
gerundexpendendī, expendendō, expendendumsupineexpēnsum, expēnsū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

alicui expensum ferre aliquid
to put a thing down to a man's account.
codex or tabulae ratio accepti et expensi
account-book; ledger.
poenas dependere, expendere, solvere, persolvere
to suffer punishment.
ratio acceptorum et datorum (accepti et expensi) (Amic. 16. 58)
the account of receipts and expenditure.

ex-pendo, di, sum, 3, v. a.,
I. to weigh out, weigh.
I. Lit.
A. In gen. (very rare): aliquem, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 34: ut jam expendantur, non numerentur pecuniae, Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97: bacam, nucem, Cels. 5, 19, 12.—With abl. of that against which any thing is weighed: hunc hominem decet auro expendi, i. e. is worth his weight in gold, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 1.—Poet.: ibat et expenso planta morata gradu, measured, Prop. 2, 4, 6 (16).—
B. In partic., to weigh out money in payment, to pay out, pay; to lay out, expend (class.; syn.: pendo, impendo, pondero, solvo, luo): ante pedes praetoris in foro expensum est auri pondo centum, Cic. Fl. 28, 68: nummos nominibus certis, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: usuras gravissimas, Dig. 19, 1, 47: viginti milia talenta in hos sumptus, Just. 12, 11.—With abl.: aurum auro expendetur, argentum argento exaequabitur, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 43. —
2. In the part. perf. as a neutr. subst.: expensum, i, money paid, a payment: bene igitur ratio accepti atque expensi inter nos convenit, of debt and credit, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 146; id. Truc. 1, 1, 54: in codicem expensum et receptum referre, Cic. Rosc. Com. 3: probari debere pecuniam datam consuetis modis, expensi latione, mensae rationibus, chirographi exhibitione, etc., Gell. 14, 2, 7.—Esp. freq.: ferre alicui expensum or pecuniam expensam, to set down, enter, charge, reckon, account a sum as paid (opp. accipio): quod minus Dolabella Verri acceptum retulit quam Verres illi expensum tulerit ... quid proderat tibi te expensum illis non tulisse? Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, §§ 100 and 102: haec pecunia necesse est aut data aut expensa lata aut stipulata sit, id. Rosc. Com. 5, 14: pecunias ferre (opp. acceptas referre), Auct. B. Alex. 56, 3: homines prope quadringentos produxisse dicitur, quibus sine fenore pecunias expensas tulisset, had set down, i. e. lent, Liv. 5, 20, 6.—Rarely transf., of other things: legio, quam expensam tulit C. Caesari Pompeius, i. e. transferred, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 4; for which also: expenso ferre vestem supellectilis nomine, Dig. 33, 10, 19.
II. Trop.
A. (Acc. to I. A.) To weigh mentally, to ponder, estimate, consider, judge, decide (class.): equidem cum colligo argumenta causarum, non tam ea numerare soleo quam expendere, Cic. de Or. 2, 76 fin.; cf.: in dissensione civili ... expendendos cives non numerandos puto, id. Rep. 6, 1: omnia expendet ac seliget, id. Or. 15, 47: vos in privatis minimarum rerum judiciis testem diligenter expenditis, id. Fl. 5, 12: singula animo suo, Ov. Am. 3, 5, 34: haec arte aliqua, Cic. Brut. 50, 186; cf.: verba arte, Tac. A. 13, 3: omnes casus, Verg. A. 12, 21: belli consilia, Tac. H. 1, 87: causam meritis, to decide, Ov. M. 13, 150 et saep.: quae contemplantes expendere oportebit, quid quisque habeat sui, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113: Hannibalem, Juv. 10, 147: quid conveniat nobis, id. 10, 347.—
B. (Acc. to I. B. 1.) To pay a penalty, suffer a punishment (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): poenas Jovi expendisse (shortly after, in prose, poenas pendens), Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; cf.: infanda per orbem Supplicia et scelerum poenas expendimus omnes, Verg. A. 11, 258: dignas poenas pro talibus ausis, Sil. 13, 698: poenas capite, Tac. A. 12, 19: dura supplicia, Sil. 6, 588.—Hence, to pay for, expiate: scelus, Verg. A. 2, 229: dignum pretium Poeno, Sil. 7, 713.—
C. (Cf. I. B. 2.) Ipsam facilitati suae expensum ferre debere, i. e. have to ascribe to, Dig. 36, 4, 3: creditores suae negligentiae expensum ferre debeant, ib. 42, 8, 24.—* expense, adv., largely, very much (late Lat.), Theod. Prisc. de Diaeta, 13.

Origins

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

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin expendō From ex- + pendō (“weigh, weigh out”).

Descendants
  • Catalanexpendre
  • Englishexpend
  • Italianspendere
  • Portugueseexpender
  • Spanishexpender
  • Albanianshpenzoj
  • Galicianexpender
  • Proto-West Germanic*spendōn
  • Sicilianspènniri

Quick answers

What does expendō mean in Latin?
expendō, a verb, means “to weigh; to pay out; to judge”.
What are the principal parts of expendō?
expendō, expendere, expendī, expēnsum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce expendō?
In classical Latin, [ɛkˈspɛn.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ekˈspɛn.do].
Where does expendō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin expendō.