deposc
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deposco, deposcere, depoposci, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
demand peremptorily; ask for earnestly; require; request earnestly; challenge;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- M
IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...tota ratio fallendi est, non dare consulentibus quod deposcant, sed caligine magnaque promissorum vanitate suspensos sic dimittere..." - T
Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sint duae roboris eiusdem in urbe gentes, deposcant haec Volscos sibi, illa Aequos: populo Romano tranquillam pacem agente..."