Latin

Noun

exspectātiō f ‎(genitive exspectātiōnis); third declension

1. expectation, waiting
2. suspense

Inflection

Third declension.

References

• exspectatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• exspectatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “exspectatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • we expect a great deal from a man of your calibre: magna est exspectatio ingenii tui
    
  • contrary to expectation: praeter spem, exspectationem
    
  • to cause oneself to be expected: exspectationem sui facere, commovere
    
  • to fulfil expectation: exspectationem explere (De Or. 1. 47. 205)
    
  • to respond to expectations: exspectationi satisfacere, respondere
    
  • to be in suspense, waiting for a thing: exspectatione alicuius rei pendēre (animi) (Leg. Agr. 2. 25. 66)
    
  • to suffer torments of expectation, delay: exspectatione torqueri, cruciari
    
  • to rouse a person's expectation, curiosity to the highest pitch: aliquem in summam exspectationem adducere (Tusc. 1. 17. 39)