expostulo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Latin poscō?

Latin postulō

Latin expostulō

From ex- + postulō (“to demand”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛkˈspɔs.tʊ.ɫoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ekˈspɔs.tu.lo]

Verb

expostulō (present infinitive expostulāre, perfect active expostulāvī, supine expostulātum); first conjugation

(transitive) to demand or call for vehemently or urgently
(intransitive) to find fault, expostulate

Conjugation

Conjugation of expostulō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	expostulō	expostulās		expostulat	expostulāmus	expostulātis		expostulant
	imperfect	expostulābam	expostulābās		expostulābat	expostulābāmus	expostulābātis		expostulābant
	future	expostulābō	expostulābis		expostulābit	expostulābimus	expostulābitis		expostulābunt
	perfect	expostulāvī	expostulāvistī		expostulāvit	expostulāvimus	expostulāvistis		expostulāvērunt, expostulāvēre
	pluperfect	expostulāveram	expostulāverās		expostulāverat	expostulāverāmus	expostulāverātis		expostulāverant
	future perfect	expostulāverō	expostulāveris		expostulāverit	expostulāverimus	expostulāveritis		expostulāverint
passive	present	expostulor	expostulāris, expostulāre		expostulātur	expostulāmur	expostulāminī		expostulantur
	imperfect	expostulābar	expostulābāris, expostulābāre		expostulābātur	expostulābāmur	expostulābāminī		expostulābantur
	future	expostulābor	expostulāberis, expostulābere		expostulābitur	expostulābimur	expostulābiminī		expostulābuntur
	perfect	expostulātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	expostulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	expostulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	expostulem	expostulēs		expostulet	expostulēmus	expostulētis		expostulent
	imperfect	expostulārem	expostulārēs		expostulāret	expostulārēmus	expostulārētis		expostulārent
	perfect	expostulāverim	expostulāverīs		expostulāverit	expostulāverīmus	expostulāverītis		expostulāverint
	pluperfect	expostulāvissem	expostulāvissēs		expostulāvisset	expostulāvissēmus	expostulāvissētis		expostulāvissent
passive	present	expostuler	expostulēris, expostulēre		expostulētur	expostulēmur	expostulēminī		expostulentur
	imperfect	expostulārer	expostulārēris, expostulārēre		expostulārētur	expostulārēmur	expostulārēminī		expostulārentur
	perfect	expostulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	expostulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	expostulā		—	—	expostulāte		—
active	future	—	expostulātō		expostulātō	—	expostulātōte		expostulantō
passive	present	—	expostulāre		—	—	expostulāminī		—
passive	future	—	expostulātor		expostulātor	—	—		expostulantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		expostulāre		expostulārī		expostulāns		—
future		expostulātūrum esse		expostulātum īrī		expostulātūrus		expostulandus
perfect		expostulāvisse		expostulātum esse		—		expostulātus
future perfect		—		expostulātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		expostulātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		expostulandī	expostulandō		expostulandum	expostulandō	expostulātum		expostulātū

Derived terms

expostulātiō

Descendants

English: expostulate

References

“expostulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“expostulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“expostulo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to expostulate with a person about a thing: conqueri, expostulare cum aliquo de aliqua re