petitor
English
Etymology
Latin
Noun
petitor (plural petitors)
- (law) The claimant or plaintiff in ancient legal systems.
Anagrams
- Perotti, pottier, tiptoer, top tier, top-tier
Latin
Noun
petītor m (genitive petītōris); third declension
- seeker, striver
- applicant, candidate
- claimant, plaintiff
- suitor, wooer
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | petītor | petītōrēs |
| Genitive | petītōris | petītōrum |
| Dative | petītōrī | petītōribus |
| Accusative | petītōrem | petītōrēs |
| Ablative | petītōre | petītōribus |
| Vocative | petītor | petītōrēs |
Verb
petitor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of petō
- third-person singular future passive imperative of petō
References
- petitor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- petitor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- petitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- petitor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- petitor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin