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pĕtītĭo (noun F) : peto.
* Lit., anattack, a blow, thrust, pass: tuas petiti ones effugi,Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15; cf.: petitiones proprie dicimus impetus gladiorum,Serv. Verg. A. 9, 439.
* Trop., an attack made in words before a court of justice, Cic. Or. 68, 228; or in debate,id. Cat. 1, 6, 15; cf.: novi omnis hominis petitiones rationesque dicendi,methods of attack,Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. de Or. 3, 54, 206.
* In gen., a requesting, beseeching; a request, petition for any thing (postAug.), Plin. 29, 4, 19, § 66: huic quoque petitioni tuae negare non sustineo, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 7 (23); Gell. 11, 16, 8 al.
* Esp. (eccl. Lat.), a request offered to God, a prayer: impleat Dominus omnes petitiones tuas,Vulg. Psa. 19, 6; id. Phil. 4, 6; id. 1 Johan. 5, 15: petitionem offerre Domino Deo, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 16, 1, 4.
* In partic.
* An applying or soliciting for office, an application, solicitation, candidacy, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1: petitioni se dari,to become a candidate for office,id. Fam. 13, 10, 2: consulatus,Caes. B. C. 1, 22: pontificatūs,Sall. C. 49, 2: regni,Just. 1, 10, 17: tribunatūs et aedilitatis,Val. Max. 6, 9, 14: dare alicui petitionem consulatūs,to admit one as a candidate for the consulship,Suet. Caes. 26: abstinere petitione honorum,Tac. A. 2, 43; Suet. Caes. 28: petitioni se dare,to solicit an office,Cic. Fam. 13, 10.
* A laying claim to any thing, a suit, petition, in private or civil cases (opp. the accusatio, in criminal cases): petitio pecuniae,Quint. 4, 4, 6: hereditatis,Dig. 44, 5, 3: integram petitionem relinquere,Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 56.
* A right of claim, a right to bring an action of recovery: cavere, neminem, cujus petitio sit, petiturum,Cic. Brut. 5, 18; Dig. 2, 14, 56.
* Lit., anattack, a blow, thrust, pass: tuas petiti ones effugi,Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15; cf.: petitiones proprie dicimus impetus gladiorum,Serv. Verg. A. 9, 439.
* Trop., an attack made in words before a court of justice, Cic. Or. 68, 228; or in debate,id. Cat. 1, 6, 15; cf.: novi omnis hominis petitiones rationesque dicendi,methods of attack,Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. de Or. 3, 54, 206.
* In gen., a requesting, beseeching; a request, petition for any thing (postAug.), Plin. 29, 4, 19, § 66: huic quoque petitioni tuae negare non sustineo, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 7 (23); Gell. 11, 16, 8 al.
* Esp. (eccl. Lat.), a request offered to God, a prayer: impleat Dominus omnes petitiones tuas,Vulg. Psa. 19, 6; id. Phil. 4, 6; id. 1 Johan. 5, 15: petitionem offerre Domino Deo, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 16, 1, 4.
* In partic.
* An applying or soliciting for office, an application, solicitation, candidacy, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1: petitioni se dari,to become a candidate for office,id. Fam. 13, 10, 2: consulatus,Caes. B. C. 1, 22: pontificatūs,Sall. C. 49, 2: regni,Just. 1, 10, 17: tribunatūs et aedilitatis,Val. Max. 6, 9, 14: dare alicui petitionem consulatūs,to admit one as a candidate for the consulship,Suet. Caes. 26: abstinere petitione honorum,Tac. A. 2, 43; Suet. Caes. 28: petitioni se dare,to solicit an office,Cic. Fam. 13, 10.
* A laying claim to any thing, a suit, petition, in private or civil cases (opp. the accusatio, in criminal cases): petitio pecuniae,Quint. 4, 4, 6: hereditatis,Dig. 44, 5, 3: integram petitionem relinquere,Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 56.
* A right of claim, a right to bring an action of recovery: cavere, neminem, cujus petitio sit, petiturum,Cic. Brut. 5, 18; Dig. 2, 14, 56.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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