expectoro

Catalan

Verb

expectoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of expectorar

Latin

Etymology

ex- +‎ pectus (“chest; mind, spirit”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛkˈspɛk.tɔ.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ekˈspɛk.to.ro]

Verb

expectorō (present infinitive expectorāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. (transitive) to banish from one's mind
2. (post-Classical) to clear from one's chest, lungs

Usage notes

The sense "banish from one's mind" was seen as archaic by Classical grammarians. The word was likely formed anew, with a more literal meaning, by Renaissance medical writers.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of expectorō (first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	expectorō		expectorās		expectorat		expectorāmus		expectorātis		expectorant
	imperfect	expectorābam		expectorābās		expectorābat		expectorābāmus		expectorābātis		expectorābant
	future	expectorābō		expectorābis		expectorābit		expectorābimus		expectorābitis		expectorābunt
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	expectorem		expectorēs		expectoret		expectorēmus		expectorētis		expectorent
	imperfect	expectorārem		expectorārēs		expectorāret		expectorārēmus		expectorārētis		expectorārent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		expectorā		—		—		expectorāte		—
	future	—		expectorātō		expectorātō		—		expectorātōte		expectorantō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		expectorāre			—			expectorāns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		expectorandī		expectorandō		expectorandum		expectorandō		—		—

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: spettorare (archaic, regional)
  • Sicilian: spitturari, spitturrare, spitterrare, spetterrare, sbitterrare (across dialects)

Borrowings:

• → Catalan: expectorar (learned)
• → English: expectorate
• → French: expectorer (learned)
• → Italian: espettorare (learned)
• → Portuguese: expectorar (learned)
• → Spanish: expectorar (learned)

References

• “expectoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “expectoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Verb

expectoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of expectorar

Spanish

Verb

expectoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of expectorar