exposco

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ poscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛkˈspɔs.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ekˈspɔs.ko]

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

   Conjugation of exposcō (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	exposcō		exposcis		exposcit		exposcimus		exposcitis		exposcunt
	imperfect	exposcēbam		exposcēbās		exposcēbat		exposcēbāmus		exposcēbātis		exposcēbant
	future	exposcam		exposcēs		exposcet		exposcēmus		exposcētis		exposcent
	perfect	expoposcī		expoposcistī		expoposcit		expoposcimus		expoposcistis		expoposcērunt, expoposcēre
	pluperfect	expoposceram		expoposcerās		expoposcerat		expoposcerāmus		expoposcerātis		expoposcerant
	future perfect	expoposcerō		expoposceris		expoposcerit		expoposcerimus		expoposceritis		expoposcerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	exposcam		exposcās		exposcat		exposcāmus		exposcātis		exposcant
	imperfect	exposcerem		exposcerēs		exposceret		exposcerēmus		exposcerētis		exposcerent
	perfect	expoposcerim		expoposcerīs		expoposcerit		expoposcerīmus		expoposcerītis		expoposcerint
	pluperfect	expoposcissem		expoposcissēs		expoposcisset		expoposcissēmus		expoposcissētis		expoposcissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		exposce		—		—		exposcite		—
	future	—		exposcitō		exposcitō		—		exposcitōte		exposcuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		exposcere			—			exposcēns			—
perfect		expoposcisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		exposcendī		exposcendō		exposcendum		exposcendō		—		—

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)