petitio
Latin
Etymology
From petō (“I assault, attack, demand”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /peˈtiː.ti.oː/, [pɛˈt̪iːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈtit.t͡si.o/, [peˈt̪it̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
petītiō f (genitive petītiōnis); third declension
- an attack, thrust, blow
- Synonyms: invāsiō, impetus, incursiō, aggressiō, assultus, oppugnātiō, incursus, appetītus, occursiō, concursus, vīs, ictus, procella
- a request, petition, beseeching
- Synonyms: postulātum, supplicātiō, supplicium, rogātiō, precātiō, prex
- an applying for office
- (law) suit, claim
- Synonyms: postulātum, querella
- (law) right of claim
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | petītiō | petītiōnēs |
| Genitive | petītiōnis | petītiōnum |
| Dative | petītiōnī | petītiōnibus |
| Accusative | petītiōnem | petītiōnēs |
| Ablative | petītiōne | petītiōnibus |
| Vocative | petītiō | petītiōnēs |
Related terms
- petītōrius
- petō
Descendants
- → Catalan: petició
- → Old French: peticiun
- → English: petition
- French: pétition
- → German: Petition
- → Italian: petizione
- → Portuguese: petição
- → Romanian: petiție
- → Russian: петиция (peticija)
- → Spanish: petición
References
- “petitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “petitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- petitio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- petitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a private, civil prosecution: actio, petitio
- a private, civil prosecution: actio, petitio