LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

expetessō

expetessō (present infinitive expetessere)
Classical[ɛk.spɛˈtɛs.soː]Ecclesiastical[ek.speˈtɛs.so]
expetissō

Meaning

  1. to desire, long for

Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.expetessōexpetessēbamexpetessam———
2nd sg.expetessisexpetessēbāsexpetessēs———
3rd sg.expetessitexpetessēbatexpetesset———
1st pl.expetessimusexpetessēbāmusexpetessēmus———
2nd pl.expetessitisexpetessēbātisexpetessētis———
3rd pl.expetessuntexpetessēbantexpetessent———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.expetessamexpetesserem——
2nd sg.expetessāsexpetesserēs——
3rd sg.expetessatexpetesseret——
1st pl.expetessāmusexpetesserēmus——
2nd pl.expetessātisexpetesserētis——
3rd pl.expetessantexpetesserent——
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.expetessorexpetessēbarexpetessar
2nd sg.expetesseris
expetessere
expetessēbāris
expetessēbāre
expetessēris
expetessēre
3rd sg.expetessiturexpetessēbāturexpetessētur
1st pl.expetessimurexpetessēbāmurexpetessēmur
2nd pl.expetessiminīexpetessēbāminīexpetessēminī
3rd pl.expetessunturexpetessēbanturexpetessentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.expetessarexpetesserer
2nd sg.expetessāris
expetessāre
expetesserēris
expetesserēre
3rd sg.expetessāturexpetesserētur
1st pl.expetessāmurexpetesserēmur
2nd pl.expetessāminīexpetesserēminī
3rd pl.expetessanturexpetesserentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.expetesseexpetessere
pres. 2nd pl.expetessiteexpetessiminī
fut. 2nd sg.expetessitōexpetessitor
fut. 3rd sg.expetessitōexpetessitor
fut. 2nd pl.expetessitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.expetessuntōexpetessuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveexpetessereexpetessī
present participleexpetessēns—
future participle—expetessendus
expetessundus
gerundexpetessendī, expetessendō, expetessendum

expĕtesso (-isso), ĕre,
I. v. intens. a. [id.], to desire, long for (a Plautinian word): quae te amat tuamque expetessit pulcram pulcritudinem, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 13: cf. id. ib. 4, 6, 14: artem, id. Trin. 2, 1, 6; id. Rud. 1, 5, 1: ultro amas, ultro expetessis, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 23.

Origins

ex- (intensive prefix) + petessō (“strive for, pursue”)

Quick answers

What does expetessō mean in Latin?
expetessō, a verb, means “to desire, long for”.
What are the principal parts of expetessō?
expetessō, expetessere (third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems).
How do you pronounce expetessō?
In classical Latin, [ɛk.spɛˈtɛs.soː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ek.speˈtɛs.so].