petitio

Latin

Etymology

From petō (“I assault, attack, demand”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /peˈtiː.ti.oː/, [pɛˈtiː.ti.oː]

Noun

petītiō f (genitive petītiōnis); third declension

  1. an attack, thrust, blow
  2. a request, petition, beseeching
  3. an applying for office
  4. (law) suit, claim
  5. (law) right of claim

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative petītiō petītiōnēs
Genitive petītiōnis petītiōnum
Dative petītiōnī petītiōnibus
Accusative petītiōnem petītiōnēs
Ablative petītiōne petītiōnibus
Vocative petītiō petītiōnēs

Descendants

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, 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
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