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

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

expedītus (feminineexpedīta,neuterexpedītum,comparativeexpedītior,superlativeexpedītissimus,adverbexpedītē);first/second-declension participle

1. unhindered,unhampered,unimpeded,unencumbered,liberated
2. disengaged,free,easy,loose,relaxed;withoutdifficulties
3. unburdened bybaggage;light;quick,fast;fluent,quick-witted
4. madefit,prepared,ready for use;at hand; onstandby

   Caesar legiones quasexpeditas esse iusserat [...] intromittit ―Caesar sends in the legions which he had ordered to beready (Caesar,de Bello Gallico, VII, 11)

5. arranged,decided,settled,brought toorder;determined,resolute
   • c. 52BCE,Julius Caesar,Commentarii de Bello GallicoVII.27:

     Legionibusque [...] in occultoexpeditis

     And the legionsbeing arranged secretly

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

First/second-declension adjective.

expedītus m (genitiveexpedītī);second declension

1. lightarmed,infantry
   • c. 52BCE,Julius Caesar,Commentarii de Bello GallicoVII.18:

     Caesar cognovit Vercingetorigem [...] cum equitatuexpeditisque [...] insidiarum causa eo profectum

     Caesar learned thatVercingetorix with a cavalryand light armed infantry had departed to that place to perform an ambush

Second-declension noun.

• “expeditus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “expeditus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• expeditus inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page629.
• expeditus inGeorges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918)Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column2576
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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
    
• William Dwight Whitney,Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “expede”, inThe Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,→OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “expedite”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.
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