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ex-posco , pŏposci, 3, v. a.,
I.to ask earnestly, to beg, request, to entreat, implore (rare but class.).
I. In gen.: quam (misericordiam) ipse non implorat, ego autem repugnante hoc et imploro et exposco, * Cic. Mil. 34, 92: “signum proelii,Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 4; for which, absol.: “exposcentibus militibus,id. B. C. 3, 90 fin.: “pacem precibus,Liv. 1, 16, 3; 3, 5, 14; so, “pacem deorum exposcentes,Just. 18, 6: “ut acrius exposcerent quae sciebant negaturum,Tac. H. 4, 19: “victoriam ab diis,Caes. B. C. 2, 5, 3; “for which: quod deos immortales inter nuncupanda vota expoposci,Liv. 7, 40, 5. —With inf.: “Iliacos iterum audire labores Exposcit,Verg. A. 4, 79.—
II. In partic., for the usual deposcere, to demand to be delivered up for punishment, as a prisoner, etc.: “ad exposcendos eos legati extemplo Lacedaemonem missi sunt,Liv. 38, 31, 3 (cf. of the same, ib. 33, 2, deposcendos): “aliquem,Nep. Them. 8, 5; id. Hannib. 7, 6; cf.: “Messene exposcentibus Achaeis noxios dedidit,Liv. 39, 50, 9.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.19.4
    • Cicero, For Milo, 34.92
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 5.14
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 40
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 4.79
    • Caesar, Civil War, 2.5.3
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.90
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 4.19
    • Cornelius Nepos, Hannibal, 7.6
    • Cornelius Nepos, Themistocles, 8.5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 16.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 31
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 39, 50
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