deposcant
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;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
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..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sint duae roboris eiusdem in urbe gentes, deposcant haec Volscos sibi, illa Aequos: populo Romano tranquillam pacem agente..."