ex-pōscō popōscī, -, ere, to ask earnestly, beg, request, entreat, implore: quam (misericordiam): signum proeli, Cs.: pacem precibus, L.: pacem Teucris (dat.), V.: alqd deos, L.: Aenean acciri, V.: audire labores, V.: precibus plebem, sibi civem donarent, L.

—To demand, require the surrender of, claim (as a prisoner, or for punishment): ad exposcendos eos missi, L.: ab Atheniensibus exposci publice, N.: alqm ad poenam, Ta.