exposco Latin · revision 31942

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *prḱ-sk-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɛkˈspɔs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ekˈspɔs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''exposcō''' (present infinitive exposcere, perfect active expoposcī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ex-|poscō|t2=to ask, demand]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|poscō]] to [[itc-pro|*pork-ske/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*prḱ-sk-e/o-|t=to ask]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xum|pepurkurent|t=will have demanded]] and [[sga|arcaid|t=asks]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is in Ennius, where a speaker begs that a plan may be a help to the Greeks.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to ask earnestly, beg or demand;^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it rare but classical, citing Cicero imploring mercy for Milo and Caesar's “demand the signal for battle”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) It is also to demand that a person be handed over, and, with two accusatives, to ask someone for something, as in Livy.^(OLD 2012) Ovid uses it of things that require something: walls that need no small resources.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “plead, entreat earnestly, demand vehemently”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of begging.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of imploring mercy.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy with two accusatives.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of walls needing resources.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To ask earnestly, [[m|en|beg]], [[m|en|implore]], [[m|en|demand]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To demand the surrender of a person.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To ask a person for something.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of things, to need.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[posco|alt=poscō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}