expostulatio
ἐν οἰκίᾳ τυφλῶν καὶ ὁ νυκτάλωψ ὀξυδερκής → even the day-blind is sharp-eyed in a blind house | among the blind, the one-eyed man is king
Latin > English
expostulatio expostulationis N F :: complaint, protest
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
expostŭlātĭo: ōnis, f. expostulo,
I an expostulation, complaint (rare but class.): cum esset expostulatio facta, Cic. Clu. 59, 161: singulorum, Tac. A. 1, 13.—In plur.: fuerunt nonnulli aculei in C. Caesarem, contumeliae in Gellium, expostulationes cum absente Pompeio, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1: dum suas quisque nunc querelas nunc expostulationes inserit, Liv. 35, 17, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
expostŭlātĭō,¹⁴ ōnis, f. (expostulo), demande pressante, instances : Cic. Domo 16 || réclamation, plainte : Cic. Clu. 161 ; Fam. 3, 7, 3 || pl., Cic. Q. 2, 1, 1 ; Liv. 35, 17, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
expōstulātio, ōnis, f. (expostulo), I) die dringende Aufforderung od. Anforderung, das Andringen, die zudringliche Bitte, bonorum, Cic. de dom. 16: singulorum, Tac. ann. 1, 13. – II) der Vorwurf, Vorhalt, die Beschwerde, verb. querela et exp., Liv.: exp. tua, Cic.: expostulationem facere, Cic.: Plur., querelae et expostulationes, Liv.: expostulationes mutuae, Gell.: fuerunt nonnullae expostulationes cum absente Pompeio, Cic.
