deposco

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ poscō (“demand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈpos.koː/, [d̪eːˈpɔs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈpos.ko/, [d̪eˈpɔsko]

Verb

dēposcō (present infinitive dēposcere, perfect active dēpoposcī); third conjugation, no supine stem, third person-only in the passive

1. to demand
2. to require
3. to challenge
4. to pray earnestly

Conjugation

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

   Conjugation of dēposcō (third conjugation, no supine stem, third person-only in the passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēposcō		dēposcis		dēposcit		dēposcimus		dēposcitis		dēposcunt
	imperfect	dēposcēbam		dēposcēbās		dēposcēbat		dēposcēbāmus		dēposcēbātis		dēposcēbant
	future	dēposcam		dēposcēs		dēposcet		dēposcēmus		dēposcētis		dēposcent
	perfect	dēpoposcī		dēpoposcistī		dēpoposcit		dēpoposcimus		dēpoposcistis		dēpoposcērunt, dēpoposcēre
	pluperfect	dēpoposceram		dēpoposcerās		dēpoposcerat		dēpoposcerāmus		dēpoposcerātis		dēpoposcerant
	future perfect	dēpoposcerō		dēpoposceris		dēpoposcerit		dēpoposcerimus		dēpoposceritis		dēpoposcerint
passive	present	—		—		dēposcitur		—		—		dēposcuntur
	imperfect	—		—		dēposcēbātur		—		—		dēposcēbantur
	future	—		—		dēposcētur		—		—		dēposcentur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēposcam		dēposcās		dēposcat		dēposcāmus		dēposcātis		dēposcant
	imperfect	dēposcerem		dēposcerēs		dēposceret		dēposcerēmus		dēposcerētis		dēposcerent
	perfect	dēpoposcerim		dēpoposcerīs		dēpoposcerit		dēpoposcerīmus		dēpoposcerītis		dēpoposcerint
	pluperfect	dēpoposcissem		dēpoposcissēs		dēpoposcisset		dēpoposcissēmus		dēpoposcissētis		dēpoposcissent
passive	present	—		—		dēposcātur		—		—		dēposcantur
	imperfect	—		—		dēposcerētur		—		—		dēposcerentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dēposce		—		—		dēposcite		—
	future	—		dēposcitō		dēposcitō		—		dēposcitōte		dēposcuntō
passive	future	—		—		dēposcitor		—		—		dēposcuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēposcere			dēposcī			dēposcēns			—
future		—			—			—			dēposcendum, dēposcundum
perfect		dēpoposcisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dēposcendī		dēposcendō		dēposcendum		dēposcendō		—		—

References

• “deposco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “deposco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• deposco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.