expavesco
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ex- + pavēscō (“I begin to fear”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ek.spaˈu̯eːs.koː/, [ɛks̠päˈu̯eːs̠koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek.spaˈves.ko/, [ekspäˈvɛsko]
Verb
[edit]expavēscō (present infinitive expavēscere, perfect active expāvī); third conjugation, no supine stem
- to become very frightened
- to shrink/shy away from
- 1832, Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos:
- Procul dubio expavissetis ad solitudinem vestram […]
- Undoubtedly, you would have become very frightened by your solitude […]
- (transitive) to dread
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[edit]References
[edit]- “expavesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “expavesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- expavesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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