expostulo

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ postulo (to demand).

Pronunciation

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

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