verbfirst conjugation, deponent
spatior
spatior (present infinitive spatiārī, perfect active spatiātus sum)
Classical[ˈspa.ti.ɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈspat.t͡si.or]
Meaning
- deponentto go for a walk; walk around; stroll, promenade; walk along, accompany
Tu qui secura spatiarus mente viator
Who are you, wanderer, who walks secure of mind?CIL 9.1837 - deponentto stride, proceed, process, advance, march, move along, walk or step in formal motion
[...] aut ante ōra deum pinguīs spatiātur ad ārās, [...].
Or [Dido] walks [in ritual] before the faces of the gods toward the richly laden altars, …. (deum = deorum; i.e., before images, icons or statues of deities)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.62 - deponentintransitiveto spread, spread out; expand
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
lentē hūc illūc ambulōspatior -ārī — in Epistulae, ch. 14
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Ambulare · Spatiari · Deambulare · Inambulare · Obambulare
1. Ambulare (from ambire) denotes taking a walk as a leisurely motion, like going up and down, in opp. both to stare and cubare, and also to currere and salire; Plaut. Bacch. iv. 8. 56. Plin. Ep. ix. 36. Cic. Fat. 5. Fin. v. 17. Sen. Ep. 113. Gell. ii. 9. Sen. Ir. ii. 35. Plin. H. N. x. 38: spatiari denotes motion in open space, as to walk out, in opp. to the confinement which a room imposes. 2. Deambulare denotes going up and down till one is tired; inambulare, within a bounded space; obambulare, with reference to a fixed object, along which one walks, or to a person walking with us. (iii. 48.)
Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | spatior | spatiābar | spatiābor | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | spatiāris spatiāre, spatiārus | spatiābāris spatiābāre | spatiāberis spatiābere | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | spatiātur | spatiābātur | spatiābitur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | spatiāmur | spatiābāmur | spatiābimur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | spatiāminī | spatiābāminī | spatiābiminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | spatiantur | spatiābantur | spatiābuntur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | spatier | spatiārer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | spatiēris spatiēre | spatiārēris spatiārēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | spatiētur | spatiārētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | spatiēmur | spatiārēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | spatiēminī | spatiārēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | spatientur | spatiārentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | spatiāre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | spatiāminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | spatiātor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | spatiātor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | spatiantor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | spatiārī | — |
| perfect infinitive | spatiātum esse | — |
| future infinitive | spatiātūrum esse | — |
| present participle | spatiāns | — |
| perfect participle | spatiātus spatiāta, spatiātā, spatiātae, spatiātam, spatiātārum, spatiātās, spatiāte, spatiātī, spatiātīs, spatiātō, spatiātōrum, spatiātōs | — |
| future participle | spatiātūrus spatiātūra, spatiātūrā, spatiātūrae, spatiātūram, spatiātūrārum, spatiātūrās, spatiātūre, spatiātūrī, spatiātūrīs, spatiātūrō, spatiātūrōrum, spatiātūrōs, spatiātūrum | spatiandus spatianda, spatiandā, spatiandae, spatiandam, spatiandārum, spatiandās, spatiande, spatiandīs, spatiandōrum, spatiandōs |
gerundspatiandī, spatiandō, spatiandumsupinespatiātum, spatiātū
spătĭor, ātus, 1,
I. v. dep. n. [id.].
I. To take a walk, to walk about, promenade (class.; cf.:
ambulo, deambulo): cum resideret, deinde spatiaretur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 21, 59: in xysto, id. Opt. Gen. 3, 8: aggere in aprico, Hor. S. 1, 8, 15: Pompeiā in umbrā (i. e. porticu), Prop. 4 (5), 8, 75. Pompeiā sub umbrā, Ov. A. A. 1, 67: in porticibus, Petr. 90: summā harenā, Ov. M. 2, 573 et saep.—II. In gen., to walk about or along, to go, proceed, = incedere (poet. and in postAug. prose):
(Dido) ante ora deum pingues spatiatur ad aras, Verg. A. 4, 62: lato arvo, Ov. M. 4, 87; cf. id. ib. 11, 64; Quint. 11, 3, 131; cf. id. 11, 3, 135: cornix sola in siccā secum spatiatur harena, Verg. G. 1, 389: pompa spatietur, will move along, Prop. 2, 13, 19 (3, 5, 3): lato spatiata campo, Sil. 4, 71.—B. Transf., of things, to spread out, expand:
spatiantia passim Bracchia compescit, Ov. M. 14, 629: spatiantes alae, his spreading wings, id. ib. 4, 364: radices in summā tellure spatiantur, Plin. 17, 10, 12, § 65: intus, ut in metallis, spatiante venā, id. 17, 8, 4, § 45: morbum nosse, et vires ejus, antequam spatientur, opprimere, Sen. Ira, 3, 10, 4.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
spatior ātus, ārī, dep.
spatium, to spread abroad, spread out, expand : spatiantia Bracchia, O.: spatiantes alae, spreading wings , O.— To go about, take a walk, walk about, promenade : in xysto: Aggere in aprico, H.: summā harenā, O. — To walk, march along, stride, go, proceed : ad aras, V.: lato arvo, O.
Origins
Deponent verb from the passive form of spatiō (“wander, roam; circulate”), from spatium (“space, distance”) + -ō.
Descendants
- Italianspazzare
- Englishspatiate
- Italianspaziare
- Germanspazierenfrom Italian spaziare
- Frenchespacerfrom Old French espace
- Englishspacefrom Old French espace
- Portugueseespaçar
- Spanishespaciar
- Asturianespaciar
- Sicilianspazzari
In English words that came into English from spatior
- expatiateexpatior
- spatiatespatiātus