LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

exspectātiō

exspectātiō f (genitive exspectātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. expectation, waiting
  2. suspense

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeexspectātiōexspectātiōnēs
genitiveexspectātiōnisexspectātiōnum
dativeexspectātiōnīexspectātiōnibus
accusativeexspectātiōnemexspectātiōnēs
ablativeexspectātiōneexspectātiōnibus
vocativeexspectātiōexspectātiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

praeter spem, exspectationem
contrary to expectation.
exspectatione torqueri, cruciari
to suffer torments of expectation, delay.
magna est exspectatio ingenii tui
we expect a great deal from a man of your calibre.
exspectationem sui facere, commovere
to cause oneself to be expected.
exspectationi satisfacere, respondere
to respond to expectations.
exspectationem explere (De Or. 1. 47. 205)
to fulfil expectation.
aliquem in summam exspectationem adducere (Tusc. 1. 17. 39)
to rouse a person's expectation, curiosity to the highest pitch.
exspectatione alicuius rei pendēre (animi) (Leg. Agr. 2. 25. 66)
to be in suspense, waiting for a thing.

exspectātĭo (expect-), ōnis, f. id.,
I. an awaiting, expecting, expectation (very freq. and class.; in sing. and plur.).
(a). With gen. obj.: si spes est exspectatio boni, mali exspectationem esse necesse est metum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 80: harum rerum, id. Rab. Perd. 5, 16: acerbior reliquorum, id. Brut. 76, 266; cf. poenarum, Quint. 12, 1, 7: tanta vel animi vel ingenii tui, ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 2; cf.: sustines non parvam exspectationem imitandae industriae nostrae, id. Off. 3, 2, 6: majorem exspectationem mei faciam quam, etc., id. Ac. 2, 4, 10; cf.: Varronis sermo facit exspectationem Caesaris, id. Att. 3, 15, 3: quotidiana rerum novarum, id. ib. 3, 14, 2: maximi belli, id. Fam. 15, 4, 5: rerum, Caes. B. C. 1, 21 fin.: ejus rei, id. ib. 3, 19, 4: desiderii, Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 205: nostri consilii, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 1: audiendi, Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 18 et saep. —In plur.: crebras exspectationes nobis tui commoves, Cic. Att. 1, 4, 1.—
(b). With de: quantam tu mihi moves exspectationem de sermone Bibuli! Cic. Att. 2, 14, 1: plenus sum exspectatione de Pompeio, id. ib. 3, 14, 1.—
(g). With a rel.-clause: eo me major exspectatio tenet, quibusnam rationibus ea tanta vis comparetur, Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 74. —In plur.: nunc has exspectationes habemus duas: unam, etc., alteram, etc., Cic. Att. 7, 16, 2.—
(d). Absol.: ne sis in exspectatione, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 64: pendeo animi exspectatione Corfiniensi, in qua de salute rei publicae decernitur, Cic. Att. 8, 5, 2: nolo plebem Romanam obscura spe et caeca exspectatione pendere, id. Agr. 2, 25, 66; cf.: omnia spe et exspectatione laudata, id. Or. 30, 107: aliquem in summam exspectationem adducere, id. Tusc. 1, 17, 39: permagnam exspectationem imponere orationi, id. Rep. 1, 23 fin.: M'. Curii causa nuper qua exspectatione defensa est? id. de Or. 1, 39, 180: praeter exspectationem, unexpectedly, id. de Or. 2, 70, 284: supra exspectationem, Quint. 3, 7, 16: exspectatione minor, id. 4, 1, 39: contra exspectationem omnium, Hirt. B. G. 8, 40, 1.—In plur.: exspectationibus decipiendis, Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 289. —
II. The object of expectation or longing: gentium, Vulg. Gen. 49, 10: Israel, id. Jer. 17, 13: pistorum laetitia, id. Prov. 10, 28.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exspectātiō From exspectō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishexpectation
  • Italianespettazione
  • Spanishexpectación

Quick answers

What does exspectātiō mean in Latin?
exspectātiō, a noun, means “expectation, waiting; suspense”.
What is the genitive of exspectātiō?
The genitive singular is exspectātiōnis. exspectātiō is feminine, third declension.