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Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
exposcō (present infinitive exposcere, perfect active expoposcī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to demand loudly the signal to engage: signum proelii (committendi) exposcere (B. G. 7. 19)