expostulo

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ postulo (“to demand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛkˈspɔs.tʊ.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ekˈspɔs.tu.lo]

Verb

expostulō (present infinitive expostulāre, perfect active expostulāvī, supine expostulātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to demand or call for vehemently or urgently
2. (intransitive) to find fault, expostulate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of expostulō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	expostulō		expostulās		expostulat		expostulāmus		expostulātis		expostulant
	imperfect	expostulābam		expostulābās		expostulābat		expostulābāmus		expostulābātis		expostulābant
	future	expostulābō		expostulābis		expostulābit		expostulābimus		expostulābitis		expostulābunt
	perfect	expostulāvī		expostulāvistī		expostulāvit		expostulāvimus		expostulāvistis		expostulāvērunt, expostulāvēre
	pluperfect	expostulāveram		expostulāverās		expostulāverat		expostulāverāmus		expostulāverātis		expostulāverant
	future perfect	expostulāverō		expostulāveris		expostulāverit		expostulāverimus		expostulāveritis		expostulāverint
passive	present	expostulor		expostulāris, expostulāre		expostulātur		expostulāmur		expostulāminī		expostulantur
	imperfect	expostulābar		expostulābāris, expostulābāre		expostulābātur		expostulābāmur		expostulābāminī		expostulābantur
	future	expostulābor		expostulāberis, expostulābere		expostulābitur		expostulābimur		expostulābiminī		expostulābuntur
	perfect	expostulātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	expostulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	expostulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	expostulem		expostulēs		expostulet		expostulēmus		expostulētis		expostulent
	imperfect	expostulārem		expostulārēs		expostulāret		expostulārēmus		expostulārētis		expostulārent
	perfect	expostulāverim		expostulāverīs		expostulāverit		expostulāverīmus		expostulāverītis		expostulāverint
	pluperfect	expostulāvissem		expostulāvissēs		expostulāvisset		expostulāvissēmus		expostulāvissētis		expostulāvissent
passive	present	expostuler		expostulēris, expostulēre		expostulētur		expostulēmur		expostulēminī		expostulentur
	imperfect	expostulārer		expostulārēris, expostulārēre		expostulārētur		expostulārēmur		expostulārēminī		expostulārentur
	perfect	expostulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	expostulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		expostulā		—		—		expostulāte		—
	future	—		expostulātō		expostulātō		—		expostulātōte		expostulantō
passive	present	—		expostulāre		—		—		expostulāminī		—
	future	—		expostulātor		expostulātor		—		—		expostulantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		expostulāre			expostulārī			expostulāns			—
future		expostulātūrum esse			expostulātum īrī			expostulātūrus			expostulandus
perfect		expostulāvisse			expostulātum esse			—			expostulātus
future perfect		—			expostulātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		expostulātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		expostulandī		expostulandō		expostulandum		expostulandō		expostulātum		expostulātū

Derived terms

• expostulātiō

Descendants

• English: expostulate

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