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expono

expono

See also: expoño

Latin

Verb

expōnō (present infinitive expōnere, perfect active exposuī, supine expositum); third conjugation

  1. I expose
  2. I exhibit, display, set out
  3. I explain

Inflection

   Conjugation of expono (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present expōnō expōnis expōnit expōnimus expōnitis expōnunt
imperfect expōnēbam expōnēbās expōnēbat expōnēbāmus expōnēbātis expōnēbant
future expōnam expōnēs expōnet expōnēmus expōnētis expōnent
perfect exposuī exposuistī exposuit exposuimus exposuistis exposuērunt, exposuēre
pluperfect exposueram exposuerās exposuerat exposuerāmus exposuerātis exposuerant
future perfect exposuerō exposueris exposuerit exposuerimus exposueritis exposuerint
passive present expōnor expōneris, expōnere expōnitur expōnimur expōniminī expōnuntur
imperfect expōnēbar expōnēbāris, expōnēbāre expōnēbātur expōnēbāmur expōnēbāminī expōnēbantur
future expōnar expōnēris, expōnēre expōnētur expōnēmur expōnēminī expōnentur
perfect expositus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect expositus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect expositus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present expōnam expōnās expōnat expōnāmus expōnātis expōnant
imperfect expōnerem expōnerēs expōneret expōnerēmus expōnerētis expōnerent
perfect exposuerim exposuerīs exposuerit exposuerīmus exposuerītis exposuerint
pluperfect exposuissem exposuissēs exposuisset exposuissēmus exposuissētis exposuissent
passive present expōnar expōnāris, expōnāre expōnātur expōnāmur expōnāminī expōnantur
imperfect expōnerer expōnerēris, expōnerēre expōnerētur expōnerēmur expōnerēminī expōnerentur
perfect expositus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect expositus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present expōne expōnite
future expōnitō expōnitō expōnitōte expōnuntō
passive present expōnere expōniminī
future expōnitor expōnitor expōnuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives expōnere exposuisse expositūrus esse expōnī expositus esse expositum īrī
participles expōnēns expositūrus expositus expōnendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
expōnere expōnendī expōnendō expōnendum expositum expositū

Descendants

References

  • expono in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • expono in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “expono”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to risk one's life: salutem, vitam suam in discrimen offerre (not exponere)
    • (to encourage) by offering a reward: praemium exponere or proponere
    • to give a brief exposition of the geography of Africa: Africae situm paucis exponere
    • to give an account of a thing (either orally or in writing): exponere aliquid or de aliqua re
    • to give an account of a man's life: vitam alicuius exponere
    • to make a character-sketch of a person: de ingenio moribusque alicuius exponere
    • to represent a thing dramatically: sic exponere aliquid, quasi agatur res (non quasi narretur)
    • to dwell only on the main points: summatim aliquid exponere
    • to set out goods for sale: exponere, proponere merces (venales)
    • to disembark troops: milites in terram, in terra exponere