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ex-pĕto , īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3, v. a. and n.
I. Act.
A. 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).
(α). 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.—
(β). 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.—
(γ). With ut and subj.: “fatebor et fuisse me et Sejano amicum et ut essem expetisse,Tac. A. 6, 8.—
(δ). Absol.: “ne legaretur A. Gabinius Cn. Pompeio expetenti ac postulanti,requesting, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57.—*
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.
II. Intr. (perh. only ante-class.; cf. Liv. 1, 22, 7 Weisenb. ad loc.).
A. To light upon, fall upon, befall a person.
1. 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.—
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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