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expromo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From ex- (out of, from) +‎ prōmō (bring or draw out or forth).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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exprōmō (present infinitive exprōmere, perfect active exprōmpsī, supine exprōmptum); third conjugation

  1. to take, fetch, bring or draw out or forth
  2. to exert, practise, exhibit, display, show forth
  3. (of speech) to utter, disclose, reveal, declare, state, speak out
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.279–280:
      “[...] Ultrō flēns ipse vidēbar
      compellāre virum et maestās exprōmere vōcēs: [...].”
      “[In my dream,] spontaneously weeping myself, I seemed to address [Hector] and to utter sorrowful words: [...].”

Conjugation

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References

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