expeditus

From the past participle of expediō (“to free feet from snares, unfasten fetters”), from ex- (“out of”) +‎ pēs, pedis (“feet”) +‎ -iō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ek.speˈdiː.tus/, [ɛks̠pɛˈd̪iːt̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.speˈdi.tus/, [ekspeˈd̪iːt̪us]

expedītus (feminine expedīta, neuter expedītum, comparative expedītior, superlative expedītissimus, adverb expedītē); first/second-declension participle

1. unhindered, unhampered, unimpeded, unencumbered, liberated
2. disengaged, free, easy, loose, relaxed; without difficulties
3. unburdened by baggage; light; quick, fast; fluent, quick-witted
4. made fit, prepared, ready for use; at hand; on standby
   • Caesar legiones quas expeditas esse iusserat [...] intromittit ― Caesar sends in that legions which he had ordered to be ready (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 11)
5. arranged, decided, settled, brought to order; determined, resolute
   • Caesar, de Bello Gallico VII, 27:

     Legionibusque [...] in occulto expeditis

     And the legions being arranged secretly

6. expedited, hastened, quickened, accelerated
7. produced, developed, effected; procured, obtained
8. dispatched, sent forth; completed, executed, disposed of
9. commodious, convenient; advantageous, profitable, expedient

First/second-declension adjective.

expedītus m (genitive expedītī); second declension

1. light armed, infantry
   • Caesar, de Bello Gallico VII, 18:

     Caesar cognovit Vercingetorigem [...] cum equitatu expeditisque [...] insidiarum causa eo profectum

     Caesar learned that Vercingetorix with a cavalry and light armed infantry had departed to that place to perform an ambush

Second-declension noun.

• “expeditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “expeditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• expeditus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 629
• expeditus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, volume 1, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2576
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be a ready, fluent speaker: facilem et expeditum esse ad dicendum (Brut. 48. 180)
    
  • to be never at a loss for something to say: solutum et expeditum esse ad dicendum
    
  • an easy, fluent style: expedita et facile currens oratio
    
  • a soldier lightly armed, ready for battle: expeditus (opp. impeditus) miles
    
• “expede”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “expedite”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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