English → Latin
“expostulate” in Latin
expostulōto demand or call for vehemently or urgently; to find fault, expostulatequiabecause, due to the fact that, for; (the fact) thatcūrwhy; for what reason; wherefore; to what purpose; from what motivemēcumwith me
The English word expostulate itself goes back to Latin postulō, through expostulō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
expostulate
expostulare; with anybody, cum aliquo about anything, de aliqua re and aliquid; also followed by accusative and infinitive (Cic.), and by quia (Plaut.), cur (Tac.): queri cum aliquo (e.g., mecum; cum Fortuna, Cic.; de aliqua re; also followed by accusative and infinitive., or quod). (The words are found in this connection and order.) expostulare et queri. Why did you not expostulate with me? cur non mecum questus es, or expostulasti? (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for expostulate?
- The usual Latin words for “expostulate” are expostulō, quia, cūr; also mēcum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.