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

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