exposco

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ekˈspos.koː/, [ɛkˈs̠pɔs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈspos.ko/, [ekˈspɔsko]

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 supine stem, active only)
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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		exposcere	expoposcisse	—	—	—	—
participles		exposcēns	—	—	—	—	—
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)