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|lshtext=<b>ex-postŭlo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.<br /><b>I</b> To [[demand]] [[vehemently]] or [[urgently]], to [[demand]], [[require]] ([[mostly]] [[post]]-Aug. for [[class]]. [[exposco]]; not in Cic., [[since]] in Rosc. Com. 17, 50, the true [[read]]. is: et postulare; cf. also: [[peto]], [[exigo]], [[flagito]], [[postulo]]): aures meae [[auxilium]] expostulant, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 25: quae ne civilium [[quidem]] bellorum victores expostulaverint, Tac. A. 1, 19: [[primas]] sibi partes, id. ib. 15, 53: cum [[quid]] expostulabit [[usus]], Col. 12, 2, 3: tarda sunt quae in [[commune]] expostulantur, Tac. A. 1, 28: Armeniam praesidiis vacuam fieri, expostulabat, id. ib. 15, 17: expostulat, ut, etc., id. ib. 12, 46: quibus clamoribus expostulatum est, ne, etc., Plin. [[Pan]]. 75, 4.—Absol.: expostulante consensu populi, pax inita, Vell. 2, 77, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic. (cf. [[exposco]], II.), to [[require]] to be delivered up, to [[demand]] one for [[punishment]]: [[Marium]] Celsum ad [[supplicium]] expostulabant, Tac. H. 1, 45; cf. id. ib. 1, 73: auctores caedis ad poenam, Suet. Dom. 23.—<br /><b>II</b> Cum [[aliquo]] (de [[aliqua]] re or aliquid) or absol., to [[find]] [[fault]], [[dispute]], [[expostulate]] [[with]] one [[respecting]] [[something]]; to [[complain]] of one ([[class]].; syn.: [[calumnior]], [[reprehendo]], [[vitupero]], [[increpo]], [[improbo]], etc.).—With acc. rei, and cum [[with]] abl. pers.: [[lenis]] a te et [[facilis]] existimari [[debeo]], qui [[nihil]] [[tecum]] de his ipsis rebus expostulem, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 6: cum [[illo]] injuriam, Ter. And. 4, 1, 15: ne illum [[quidem]] Juventium [[tecum]] expostulavi, Cic. Planc. 24, 58. —With acc. [[alone]]: qui putant sibi fieri injuriam [[ultro]], si [[quam]] fecere ipsi, expostules, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 4.—With acc. and inf. as [[object]]: tum [[obstetrix]] expostulavit [[mecum]], [[parum]] [[missum]] sibi, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 103: sed [[locus]] esse videtur [[tecum]] expostulandi, Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6.—With de and abl. rei: regna omnia de nostris cupiditatibus et injuriis expostulant, id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207.—With [[quia]] or [[cur]]: expostulare, [[quia]], etc., Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 88: mittebat oratores, qui suo nomine expostularent, [[cur]], etc., Tac. A. 13, 37: [[cur]] non [[mecum]] [[questus]] es? aut ... iracundius ac vehementius expostulasti? Cic. Sull. 15, 44; cf.: ne expostulent et querantur, se, etc., id. Tusc. 5, 5, 14: [[verecunde]], Dig. 1, 12, 1, § 8.

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|georg=ex-pōstulo, āvī, ātum, āre, I) [[ernstlich]]-, [[dringend]] [[verlangen]], -[[fordern]], A) im allg.: alqd ab alqo, Val. Max.: alqd, Tac.: m. folg. ut od. ne u. Konj., Tac. u. Plin. pan.: [[mit]] folg. Acc. u. Infin., Tac. – im [[Passiv]] [[mit]] Acc. [[rei]], causam [[expostulatus]], gefragt [[nach]] der [[Ursache]], Tert. de [[cor]]. 1. – B) insbes., jmds. [[Auslieferung]] [[verlangen]], um ihn zu [[strafen]], alqm ad [[supplicium]], Tac.: alqm ad poenam, Suet. – II) [[bei]] jmd. (u. [[zwar]] [[über]] ihn [[selbst]]) [[sich]] [[beschweren]], [[sich]] [[beklagen]], [[Beschwerde]] ([[Klage]]) [[führen]], jmd. zur [[Rede]] [[setzen]], ihm etw. [[vorhalten]] (s. Spengel Ter. Andr. 639), cum alqo, Plaut.: cum alqo de alqa re, Cic., u. cum alqo alqd od. alqm, [[wegen]] [[einer]] [[Sache]] od. [[Person]], Ter. u. Cic.: exp. cum alqo m. folg. Infin. Perf. Pass., Plaut.: exp. m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Tac.: expostulare et queri, [[mit]] folg. Acc. u. Infin., Cic.: exp., [[cur]] etc., Tac.

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