deposco

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ poscō (“demand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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, limited 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, only third-person forms in 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
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēposcere	dēpoposcisse	—	dēposcī	—	—
participles		dēposcēns	—	—	—	—	dēposcendus, dēposcundus
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.