dē-posco, pŏposci, 3, v. a., to demand, require, request earnestly (freq. and class.).
I In gen.: unum ab omnibus sociis et civibus ad id bellum imperatorem deposci atque expeti, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5; cf. id. 15, 44: id non modo non recusem, sed etiam appetam atque deposcam, id. Phil. 3, 13, 33; so opp. recusare, id. Fl. 38 fin. : sibi naves, Caes. B. C. 1, 56, 3: pugnam, Suet. Oth. 9; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 1; 2, 1, 3: pericula (opp. detrectare), Tac. Agr. 11 et saep. — Absol. : de proelio cogitandum, sicut semper depoposcimus, Caes. B. C. 3, 85 fin. : omnibus pollicitationibus deposcunt, qui belli initium faciant, id. B. G. 7, 1, 5.—
II In partic.
A To demand, request for one's self the performance of any duty or business : sibi id muneris, Caes. B. C. 1, 57: tibi partis istas, Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 45: primas sibi partes, Suet. Calig. 56: illam sibi officiosam provinciam, Cic. Sull. 18 fin. ; cf.: consulatum sibi, Suet. Aug. 26: sibi has urbanas insidias caedis atque incendiorum, Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 6: coloniam tutandam, Suet. Vit. 1.—
B To demand a person, in order to bring him to punishment: aliquem ad mortem, Caes. B. C. 3, 110, 5; cf.: aliquem ad supplicium, Hirt. B. G. 8, 38, 3: aliquem ad poenam, Suet. Tit. 6: aliquem morti, Tac. A. 1, 23: ad ducem ipsum in poenam foederis rupti deposcendum, Liv. 21, 6: auctorem culpae, id. 21, 10; cf. Hannibalem, Just. 32, 4, 8: ausum Talia deposcunt, Ov. M. 1, 200; Luc. 5, 296 et saep.: altera me deposcere putabatur, to demand my death , Cic. post red. in Sen. 13, 33.—
C (Transf. from the gladiator's t. t.) To call out, challenge one to fight, Liv. 2, 49, 2; cf. hostes, Val. Fl. 5, 635.