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E / expĕtesso
verb frequentative transitive

expĕtesso

2nd PP expĕtessĕre · conj. 3rd
to desire; long for •
v. intens. a. [id.], to desire, long for (a Plautinian word): quae te amat tuamque expetessit pulcram pulcritudinem, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 13: cf. id. ib. 4, 6, 14: artem, id. Trin. 2, 1, 6; id. Rud. 1, 5, 1: ultro amas, ultro expetessis, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 23.
Perseus ID: n17032 Key: expetesso