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.
