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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + pōnō (“place, put”).
Pronunciation
Verb
expōnō (present infinitive expōnere, perfect active exposuī, supine expositum); third conjugation
- to expose, exhibit, display, set out
- Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, gerō, prōdō, prōferō, prōpōnō, prōtrahō, acclārō, vulgō, profiteor, indicō, praestō, coarguō, fateor
- to explain
- Synonym: explicō
- to set forth
- Synonyms: praebeō, offerō, praeferō, prōpōnō, prōdūcō, summittō
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References
- “expono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “expono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- expono in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to risk one's life: salutem, vitam suam in discrimen offerre (not exponere)
- (to encourage) by offering a reward: praemium exponere or proponere
- to give a brief exposition of the geography of Africa: Africae situm paucis exponere
- to give an account of a thing (either orally or in writing): exponere aliquid or de aliqua re
- to give an account of a man's life: vitam alicuius exponere
- to make a character-sketch of a person: de ingenio moribusque alicuius exponere
- to represent a thing dramatically: sic exponere aliquid, quasi agatur res (non quasi narretur)
- to dwell only on the main points: summatim aliquid exponere
- to set out goods for sale: exponere, proponere merces (venales)
- to disembark troops: milites in terram, in terra exponere