deposco, deposcere, depoposci, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · variant: 1st · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
demand peremptorily; ask for earnestly; require; request earnestly; challenge;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | deposco | deposcimus |
| 2 | deposcis | deposcitis |
| 3 | deposcit | deposcunt |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | deposcere |
| active | perfect | depoposcisse |
| passive | present | deposci |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | deposce, deposc | deposcite |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | deposcito | deposcitote |
| 3 | deposcito | deposcunto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | deposcere | deposcimini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | deposcitor | — |
| 3 | deposcitor | deposcuntor |
Participles
Present Active Participle
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | deposcentia |
| Acc. | deposcens | deposcentia |
| Voc. | — | deposcentia |
Examples
XV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...amari. Numquid inique, iudices, in tanti sceleris subscriptione deposco, ne nominibus reos velitis aestimare, sed moribus? venefica..."VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...hercules, si scindo vestes, nudo corpus, ignes, flagella deposco! insaniat necesse est pater, cum solus hoc sciat. fallitur..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...tibi? numquid ego a te magno prognatum deposco consule cunnum velatumque stola, mea cum conferbuit ira?' quid responderet..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...plerumque obligat fidem. ministerium restituendorum domos obsidum mihimet deposco ipse, ut opera quoque impensa consilium adiuuem meum..."Liber VI
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...suis libris et tuis erit. Quo libentius suscipio, deposco etiam quod iniungis. Erat Miseni classemque imperio praesens regebat..."