Exspectamus

Exspectamus is the first person plural present indicative active form of the Latin verb exspectare, meaning "we await" or "we expect." It is used in both classical and ecclesiastical Latin to express anticipation of a person or event and can indicate both waiting and expecting in a forward-looking sense.

Etymology and cognates: Exspectare is built from the prefix ex- (out, forth) and spectare (to look at, to watch). The sense of looking for something to come gives rise to meanings such as waiting or expecting. Its Romance-language descendants include Italian aspettare and Spanish esperar, and the English verb expect derives from the same Latin root via various intermediate forms.

Usage and examples: Exspectamus commonly governs a direct object or an accompanying clause. For example, Exspectamus te means "We are waiting for you." Exspectamus adventum amicorum means "We are awaiting the arrival of friends." In Latin prose, the form appears in narratives and dialogues to convey anticipation or hopeful waiting.

Conjugation and related forms: Exspectamus is part of the larger conjugation exspectare, whose present active forms are exspecto, exspectas, exspectat, exspectamus, exspectatis, exspectant. The verb appears across tenses and voices, including imperfect exspectabam, perfect exspectavi, and future exspectabo, reflecting a range of temporal meanings tied to the act of waiting or expecting.

Modern context: As a Latin verb, exspectamus is primarily encountered in Latin texts and scholarly works. It is used in teaching to illustrate present-tense morphology and transitive usage, and it may appear in mottoes, inscriptions, or translations that aim to render the sense of awaiting or anticipating within a classical register.