exposco

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

exposcō (present infinitive exposcere, perfect active expoposcī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to beg, entreat, implore, request, ask earnestly
    Synonyms: quaesō, flagitō, efflagitō, exigō, rogō, ērogō, exorō, precor, requīrō, expetō, petō, prehensō

Conjugation

References

  • exposco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • exposco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exposco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to demand loudly the signal to engage: signum proelii (committendi) exposcere (B. G. 7. 19)