English → Latin
“expostulation” in Latin
expostulātiōan expostulation, complaintquerēlacomplaint, protest, grievance; illness; lamentsingulusone each, one apiece; each one, every one; one at a time, one by one
The English word expostulation itself goes back to Latin postulō, through expostulātiōnem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
expostulation
expostulatio (e.g., cum esset expostulatio facta, Cic.; expostulationes cum absente Pompeio, Cic.): querela (complaint; e.g., epistola plena querelarum: querela de injuriis; cum aliquo; de aliquo). To be wearied with expostulations, fessum esse expostulatione (e.g., singulorum, Tac.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for expostulation?
- The usual Latin words for “expostulation” are expostulātiō, querēla, singulus. 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.