expostulo
Latin
Etymology
From ex- + postulo (“to demand”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈspɔs.tʊ.ɫoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ekˈspɔs.t̪u.lo]
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
Conjugation
Conjugation of expostulō (first conjugation)
Derived terms
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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to expostulate with a person about a thing: conqueri, expostulare cum aliquo de aliqua re
- to expostulate with a person about a thing: conqueri, expostulare cum aliquo de aliqua re