expectoro

Catalan

Verb

expectoro

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.t̪o.ro]

Verb

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

(transitive) to banish from one's mind
(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
indicative		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
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	expectorem	expectorēs		expectoret	expectorēmus	expectorētis		expectorent
active	imperfect	expectorārem	expectorārēs		expectorāret	expectorārēmus	expectorārētis		expectorārent
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	expectorā		—	—	expectorāte		—
active	future	—	expectorātō		expectorātō	—	expectorātōte		expectorantō
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		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

first-person singular present indicative of expectorar

Spanish

Verb

expectoro

first-person singular present indicative of expectorar