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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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 2.1.1
    • Cicero, For Aulus Cluentius, 59.161
    • Tacitus, Annales, 1.13
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 17.2
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