reposco Latin · revision 31611

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la poscō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''reposcō''' (present infinitive reposcere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems^(Wiktionary)

+ A perfect ''repoposcī'' is recorded only in the Tironian notes and in a letter of Jerome.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|poscō|t2=to demand]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan lists it under ⟨poscō⟩, a present in ⟨-sc-⟩ from [[itc-pro|*pork-ske/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*pr̥ḱ-sk-e/o-|t=to ask]], cognate with [[xum|pepurkurent|t=they will have demanded]], [[lt|prašýti|t=to ask]] and [[got|𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽|tr=fraihnan|t=to ask]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) where a character complains: “you gave her to me as a present; now you demand her back”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is to demand back what belongs to one, with the thing and the person asked in the accusative or with ''ab''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucretius widens it to claiming something as one's due, as attentive ears from his reader, and also of nature or circumstances that require something.^(OLD 2012) The phrase ''ratiōnem reposcere'' is to call to account.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “claim, ask back again”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of demanding back a gift.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of claiming attention as one's due.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–AD 17 – Livy has ''ratiōnem reposcere''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 390 AD – Ammianus has the noun ''reposcō'' “dun”.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|demand]] back, ask for again.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To [[m|en|claim]] as one's due; of circumstances, to require.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''ratiōnem reposcere'': to call to [[m|en|account]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[poscō]]

+ * [[exposcō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A noun ''reposcō'', ''-ōnis'' (masculine), formed from the verb, means one who keeps pressing claims, a dun; it occurs once, in Ammianus, of the Egyptians.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}