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|lshtext=<b>ex-pĕto</b>: īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3, v. a. and n.<br /><b>I</b> Act.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ut and subj.: fatebor et fuisse me et Sejano amicum et ut essem expetisse, Tac. A. 6, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: ne legaretur A. [[Gabinius]] Cn. Pompeio expetenti ac postulanti, requesting, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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.<br /><b>II</b> Intr. (perh. [[only]] [[ante]]-[[class]].; cf. Liv. 1, 22, 7 Weisenb. ad loc.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[light]] [[upon]], [[fall]] [[upon]], [[befall]] a [[person]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With alicui: mea [[sit]] [[culpa]], si id Alcumenae innocenti expetat, Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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.).
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