reposco

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

rĕ-posco: ĕre, v. a.,
I to demand back, to ask for again, as something belonging to one (class.); constr. aliquid; aliquid ab aliquo; more freq., aliquem aliquid, and absol.
I Lit.: dedisti eam dono mihi: Eandem nunc reposcis, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 16: quoi talentum mutuom dedi, reposcam, id. Trin. 3, 2, 202: quae deposueris, Quint. 9, 2, 63: pecuniam, Tac. A. 1, 35: ignes commissos, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 53: fratrem clamore magno, Sil. 17, 460: ego ab hac puerum reposcam, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 76: virginem, id. Curc. 5, 2, 16: aulam auri te reposco, id. Aul. 4, 10, 33: eum vidulum, id. Rud. 5, 2, 65: eum simulacrum Cereris, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 113: alter me Catilinam reposcebat, id. Red. in Sen. 4, 10: Parthos signa, Verg. A. 7, 606: (talenta) Thebani reposcunt Thessalos, Quint. 5, 10, 111: propensiores ad bene merendum quam ad reposcendum, Cic. Lael. 9, 32. —
II Trop., to ask for, claim, demand, exact, require, as something due: attentas aures animumque reposco, Lucr. 6, 920: quod natura reposcit, id. 2, 369: vitam (mea fata), Prop. 2, 1, 71: amissam meā virtutem voce, Ov. M. 13, 235: foedus flammis, Verg. A. 12, 573: responsa Ordine cuncta suo, id. ib. 11, 240: promissa, id. ib. 12, 2: pretium libelli, Plin. Ep. 7, 12, 5: gratiam, id. ib. 1, 13, 6: vicem, Mart. 8, 38, 3: natos poenas, Verg. A. 2, 139 Forbig. ad loc. (Heyne, ad poenas): ab altero rationem vitae, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1: rationem (rei) ab aliquo, id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 27; Caes. B. G. 5, 30; cf.: vos rationem reposcitis, quid Achaei Lacedaemoniis bello victis fecerimus? Liv. 39, 37: quid dicturos reposcentibus aut prospera aut adversa, who demanded an account of their successes or reverses, Tac. H. 3, 13 fin.: cave respuas, Ne poenas Nemesis reposcat a te, Cat. 50, 20.
rĕposco: ōnis, m. 1. reposco,
I one who makes a demand, who urges a claim, a dun: acerrimi, Amm. 22, 16, 23.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) rĕposcō,¹⁰ ĕre, tr., réclamer : a) aliquid ab aliquo Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1 ; Cæcil. 27 ; Cæs. G. 5, 30, réclamer qqch. à qqn ; b) [avec deux acc.] même sens : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17 ; 113 ; Sen. 10 || rationem reposcitis, quid... fecerimus Liv. 39, 37, 10, vous demandez compte de ce que nous avons fait... || [pass.] rationem facti reposcuntur Quint. 6, 3, 10, on leur demande compte de l’acte ; libelli pretium reposceris Plin. Min. Ep. 7, 12, 6, on te réclame le prix d’un ouvrage ; c) [en part.] ab aliquo pœnas Catul. 50, 20, punir qqn.
(2) rĕposcō, ōnis, m. (reposco), celui qui réclame : Amm. 22, 16, 23.