expĕtendus

ex-pĕto, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3, v. a. and n.

To long for, seek after, aspire to, desire, covet, wish a thing (freq. and class.; syn.: appeto, affecto, cupio, concupisco, aveo, gestio, volo, opto, desidero, requiro).

With acc.: assunt, me expetunt, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 49, ed. Vahl.):

nihil hominem, nisi quod honestum sit, aut admirari aut optare aut expetere debere,

Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66:

unum ab omnibus ad id bellum imperatorem deposci atque expeti,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5:

Italia ab hoc auxilium absente expetivit,

id. ib. 11, 30; cf.: Apollo unde sibi populi et reges consilium expetunt, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 186, ed. Vahl.):

nunc a Flacco Lentuli poenae per vos expetuntur,

are demanded, Cic. Fl. 38, 95:

poenas ab aliquo,

id. Pis. 7, 16; Liv. 1, 23, 4; cf.:

jus ab invitis,

id. 3, 40, 4:

facinora ab aliquo,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

Plautinas fabulas,

id. Cas. prol. 12:

pecunia tantopere expetitur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 172; cf.:

expetuntur divitiae ad usus vitae necessarios,

id. Off. 1, 8, 25:

mortem pro vita civium,

id. Tusc. 1, 48, 116: ea vita expetitur, quae sit animi corporisque expleta virtutibus, id. Fin. 5, 13, 37:

in qua (societate) omnia insunt, quae putant homines expetenda, honestas, gloria, etc.,

id. Lael. 22, 84:

non ficto crimine insectari, non expetere vitam, non capitis arcessere,

to attempt one's life, id. Deiot. 11, 30:

stulta sibi consilia,

to seek out, contrive, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 4.—Of an inanimate subject: mare medium terrae locum expetens, striving or tending towards, Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116.—

With an object-clause (mostly poet.): quem quisque odit, periisse expetit, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23 (Trag. v. 403, ed. Vahl.); cf.:

audire expetis?

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 25:

aliquid facere,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 48:

periisse expetunt,

Liv. 40, 10, 5:

dum nostram gloriam tua virtute augeri expeto,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2: di me etsi perdunt, tamen esse adjutam expetunt, Pac. ap. Non. 104, 7:

videre expeto te,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 20; cf.:

hoc prius scire expeto, quid perdideris,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 17; id. Hec. 5, 1, 1; Hor. Epod. 11, 3; Ov. M. 7, 476; 9, 550 al.:

quod et scire expeto et quaerere pudet,

Curt. 4, 10, 32; 9, 3, 8; Plin. praef. 14.—

With ut and subj.:

fatebor et fuisse me et Sejano amicum et ut essem expetisse,

Tac. A. 6, 8.—

Absol.:

ne legaretur A. Gabinius Cn. Pompeio expetenti ac postulanti,

requesting, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57.—

To reach, attain to any thing; with respect to time, to outlast:

malo si quid bene facias, id beneficium interit: Bono si quid male facias, aetatem expetit,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 23.— Hence, expĕtendus, a, um, P. a., desirable, excellent:

forma expetunda mulier,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 60.

Intr. (perh. only ante-class.; cf. Liv. 1, 22, 7 Weisenb. ad loc.).

To light upon, fall upon, befall a person.

With in aliquem:

delictum suum suamque culpam expetere in mortalem,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 33:

illius ira et maledicta in hanc,

id. ib. 3, 2, 15: omnes clades hujus belli in eum, Tullus ap. Liv. 1, 22, 7:

quojus ego hodie in tergum faxo ista expetant mendacia,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 42.—

With alicui:

mea sit culpa, si id Alcumenae innocenti expetat,

Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 12.—

Absol., to fall out, happen, occur, result:

nequiter paene expetivit prima parasitatio,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 22 Lamb. (al. expedivit):

in servitute expetunt multa iniqua,

befall, id. ib. 1, 1, 20; so,

eadem in vigilanti expetunt,

id. Mil. 2, 4, 40 (not vigilantes, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).

ex-pĕto, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3, v. a. and n.

To long for, seek after, aspire to, desire, covet, wish a thing (freq. and class.; syn.: appeto, affecto, cupio, concupisco, aveo, gestio, volo, opto, desidero, requiro).

With acc.: assunt, me expetunt, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 49, ed. Vahl.):

nihil hominem, nisi quod honestum sit, aut admirari aut optare aut expetere debere,

Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66:

unum ab omnibus ad id bellum imperatorem deposci atque expeti,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5:

Italia ab hoc auxilium absente expetivit,

id. ib. 11, 30; cf.: Apollo unde sibi populi et reges consilium expetunt, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 186, ed. Vahl.):

nunc a Flacco Lentuli poenae per vos expetuntur,

are demanded, Cic. Fl. 38, 95:

poenas ab aliquo,

id. Pis. 7, 16; Liv. 1, 23, 4; cf.:

jus ab invitis,

id. 3, 40, 4:

facinora ab aliquo,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

Plautinas fabulas,

id. Cas. prol. 12:

pecunia tantopere expetitur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 172; cf.:

expetuntur divitiae ad usus vitae necessarios,

id. Off. 1, 8, 25:

mortem pro vita civium,

id. Tusc. 1, 48, 116: ea vita expetitur, quae sit animi corporisque expleta virtutibus, id. Fin. 5, 13, 37:

in qua (societate) omnia insunt, quae putant homines expetenda, honestas, gloria, etc.,

id. Lael. 22, 84:

non ficto crimine insectari, non expetere vitam, non capitis arcessere,

to attempt one's life, id. Deiot. 11, 30:

stulta sibi consilia,

to seek out, contrive, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 4.—Of an inanimate subject: mare medium terrae locum expetens, striving or tending towards, Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116.—

With an object-clause (mostly poet.): quem quisque odit, periisse expetit, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23 (Trag. v. 403, ed. Vahl.); cf.:

audire expetis?

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 25:

aliquid facere,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 48:

periisse expetunt,

Liv. 40, 10, 5:

dum nostram gloriam tua virtute augeri expeto,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2: di me etsi perdunt, tamen esse adjutam expetunt, Pac. ap. Non. 104, 7:

videre expeto te,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 20; cf.:

hoc prius scire expeto, quid perdideris,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 17; id. Hec. 5, 1, 1; Hor. Epod. 11, 3; Ov. M. 7, 476; 9, 550 al.:

quod et scire expeto et quaerere pudet,

Curt. 4, 10, 32; 9, 3, 8; Plin. praef. 14.—

With ut and subj.:

fatebor et fuisse me et Sejano amicum et ut essem expetisse,

Tac. A. 6, 8.—

Absol.:

ne legaretur A. Gabinius Cn. Pompeio expetenti ac postulanti,

requesting, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57.—

To reach, attain to any thing; with respect to time, to outlast:

malo si quid bene facias, id beneficium interit: Bono si quid male facias, aetatem expetit,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 23.— Hence, expĕtendus, a, um, P. a., desirable, excellent:

forma expetunda mulier,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 60.

Intr. (perh. only ante-class.; cf. Liv. 1, 22, 7 Weisenb. ad loc.).

To light upon, fall upon, befall a person.

With in aliquem:

delictum suum suamque culpam expetere in mortalem,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 33:

illius ira et maledicta in hanc,

id. ib. 3, 2, 15: omnes clades hujus belli in eum, Tullus ap. Liv. 1, 22, 7:

quojus ego hodie in tergum faxo ista expetant mendacia,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 42.—

With alicui:

mea sit culpa, si id Alcumenae innocenti expetat,

Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 12.—

Absol., to fall out, happen, occur, result:

nequiter paene expetivit prima parasitatio,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 22 Lamb. (al. expedivit):

in servitute expetunt multa iniqua,

befall, id. ib. 1, 1, 20; so,

eadem in vigilanti expetunt,

id. Mil. 2, 4, 40 (not vigilantes, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).