reposco

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Latin

Verb

reposcō (present infinitive reposcere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to demand back (from a person)
  2. to claim as one's due, right, etc.
    Synonyms: vindicō, arrogō, asserō, appropriō, ascīscō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of reposcō (third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present reposcō reposcis reposcit reposcimus reposcitis reposcunt
imperfect reposcēbam reposcēbās reposcēbat reposcēbāmus reposcēbātis reposcēbant
future reposcam reposcēs reposcet reposcēmus reposcētis reposcent
passive present reposcor reposceris,
reposcere 		reposcitur reposcimur reposciminī reposcuntur
imperfect reposcēbar reposcēbāris,
reposcēbāre 		reposcēbātur reposcēbāmur reposcēbāminī reposcēbantur
future reposcar reposcēris,
reposcēre 		reposcētur reposcēmur reposcēminī reposcentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present reposcam reposcās reposcat reposcāmus reposcātis reposcant
imperfect reposcerem reposcerēs reposceret reposcerēmus reposcerētis reposcerent
passive present reposcar reposcāris,
reposcāre 		reposcātur reposcāmur reposcāminī reposcantur
imperfect reposcerer reposcerēris,
reposcerēre 		reposcerētur reposcerēmur reposcerēminī reposcerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — reposce — — reposcite —
future — reposcitō reposcitō — reposcitōte reposcuntō
passive present — reposcere — — reposciminī —
future — reposcitor reposcitor — — reposcuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present reposcere reposcī reposcēns —
future — — — reposcendus,
reposcundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
reposcendī reposcendō reposcendum reposcendō — —

References

  • “reposco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “reposco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • reposco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to demand an account, an audit of a matter: rationem alicuius rei reposcere aliquem or ab aliquo
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