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ex-postŭlo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.
I. To demand vehemently or urgently, to demand, require (mostly post-Aug. for class. exposco; not in Cic., since in Rosc. Com. 17, 50, the true read. is: et postulare; cf. “also: peto, exigo, flagito, postulo): aures meae auxilium expostulant,Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 25: “quae ne civilium quidem bellorum victores expostulaverint,Tac. A. 1, 19: “primas sibi partes,id. ib. 15, 53: “cum quid expostulabit usus,Col. 12, 2, 3: “tarda sunt quae in commune expostulantur,Tac. A. 1, 28: “Armeniam praesidiis vacuam fieri, expostulabat,id. ib. 15, 17: “expostulat, ut, etc.,id. ib. 12, 46: “quibus clamoribus expostulatum est, ne, etc.,Plin. Pan. 75, 4.—Absol.: “expostulante consensu populi, pax inita,Vell. 2, 77, 1.—
B. In partic. (cf. exposco, II.), to require to be delivered up, to demand one for punishment: “Marium Celsum ad supplicium expostulabant,Tac. H. 1, 45; cf. id. ib. 1, 73: “auctores caedis ad poenam,Suet. Dom. 23.—
II. Cum aliquo (de aliqua re or aliquid) or absol., to find fault, dispute, expostulate with one respecting something; to complain of one (class.; syn.: calumnior, reprehendo, vitupero, increpo, improbo, etc.).—With acc. rei, and cum with abl. pers.: “lenis a te et facilis existimari debeo, qui nihil tecum de his ipsis rebus expostulem,Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 6: “cum illo injuriam,Ter. And. 4, 1, 15: “ne illum quidem Juventium tecum expostulavi,Cic. Planc. 24, 58. —With acc. alone: “qui putant sibi fieri injuriam ultro, si quam fecere ipsi, expostules,Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 4.—With acc. and inf. as object: “tum obstetrix expostulavit mecum, parum missum sibi,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 103: “sed locus esse videtur tecum expostulandi,Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6.—With de and abl. rei: “regna omnia de nostris cupiditatibus et injuriis expostulant,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207.—With quia or cur: “expostulare, quia, etc.,Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 88: “mittebat oratores, qui suo nomine expostularent, cur, etc.,Tac. A. 13, 37: “cur non mecum questus es? aut ... iracundius ac vehementius expostulasti?Cic. Sull. 15, 44; cf.: “ne expostulent et querantur, se, etc.,id. Tusc. 5, 5, 14: “verecunde,Dig. 1, 12, 1, § 8.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 2.17.6
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 5.2.9
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.207
    • Cicero, For Plancius, 24.58
    • Cicero, For Sulla, 15.44
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 3.1
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 2.2
    • Plautus, Persa, 4.3
    • Suetonius, Domitianus, 23
    • Tacitus, Annales, 13.37
    • Tacitus, Annales, 1.19
    • Tacitus, Annales, 1.28
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.45
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.5
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