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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + postulo (“to demand”).
Pronunciation
Verb
expostulō (present infinitive expostulāre, perfect active expostulāvī, supine expostulātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) to demand or call for vehemently or urgently
- (intransitive) to find fault, expostulate
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References
- “expostulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “expostulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “expostulo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to expostulate with a person about a thing: conqueri, expostulare cum aliquo de aliqua re