(verb) : postŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, posco
* To ask, demand, require, request, desire (syn.: posco, flagito, peto); constr. with aliquid, aliquid ab aliquo, aliquem aliquid, with ut (ne), de, with inf., or absol.
* In gen.: incipiunt postulare, poscere, minari,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34, § 78: nemo inventus est tam audax, qui posceret, nemo tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet,id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 44; cf. Liv. 2, 45; 3, 19: tametsi causa postulat, tamen quia postulat, non flagitat, praeteribo,Cic. Quint. 3, 13: postulabat autem magis quam petebat, ut, etc.,Curt. 4, 1, 8: dehinc postulo, sive aequom est, te oro, ut, etc.,Ter. And. 1, 2, 19: ita volo itaque postulo ut fiat,id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 27: suom jus postulat,Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 47; cf.: aequom postulat, da veniam,id. And. 5, 3, 30; and: quid est? num iniquom postulo?id. Phorm. 2, 3, 64: nunc hic dies alios mores postulat,id. And. 1, 2, 18: fidem publicam,Cic. Att. 2, 24, 2: istud, quod postulas,id. Rep. 1, 20, 33; id. Lael. 2, 9: ad senatum venire auxilium postulatum,Caes. B. G. 1, 31: deliberandi sibi unum diem postulavit,Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60; cf.: noctem sibi ad deliberandum postulavit,id. Sest. 34, 74: postulo abs te, ut, etc.,Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 18: postulatur a te jam diu vel flagitatur potius historia,Cic. Leg. 1, 5: quom maxime abs te postulo atque oro, ut, etc.,Ter. And. 5, 1, 4; and: quidvis ab amico postulare,Cic. Lael. 10, 35; cf. in pass.: cum aliquid ab amicis postularetur,id. ib.: orationes a me duas postulas,id. Att. 2, 7, 1: quod principes civitatum a me postulassent,id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; cf. infra the passages with an object-clause.—With ut (ne): quodam modo postulat, ut, etc.,Cic. Att. 10, 4, 2: postulatum est, ut Bibuli sententia divideretur,id. Fam. 1, 2, 1 (for other examples with ut, v.supra): legatos ad Bocchum mittit postulatum, ne sine causā hostis populo Romano fieret,Sall. J. 83, 1.—With subj. alone: qui postularent, eos qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent, sibi dederent,Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 3.—With de: sapientes homines a senatu de foedere postulaverunt,Cic. Balb. 15, 34: Ariovistus legatos ad eum mittit, quod antea de colloquio postulasset, id per se fieri licere,Caes. B. G. 1, 42.—With inf., freq. to be rendered, to wish, like, want: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 32 Vahl.): hic postulat se Romae absolvi, qui, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 138: o facinus impudicum! quam liberam esse oporteat, servire postulare,Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 62; id. Men. 2, 3, 88: me ducere istis dictis postulas?Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Eun. 1, 1, 16: (lupinum) ne spargi quidem postulat decidens sponte,Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 135: si me tibi praemandere postulas,Gell. 4, 1, 11.—With a double object: quas (sollicitudines) levare tua te prudentia postulat, demands of you, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2. —With nom. and inf.: qui postulat deus credi,Curt. 6, 11, 24.
* In partic., in jurid. lang.
* To summon, arraign before a court, to prosecute, accuse, impeach (syn.: accuso, insimulo); constr. class. usu. with de and abl., post-Aug. also with gen.): Gabinium tres adhuc factiones postulant: L. Lentulus, qui jam de majestate postulavit,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15: aliquem apud praetorem de pecuniis repetundis,id. Cornel. Fragm. 1: aliquem repetundis,Tac. A. 3, 38: aliquem majestatis,id. ib. 1, 74: aliquem repetundarum,Suet. Caes. 4: aliquem aliquā lege, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3: aliquem ex aliquā causā reum,Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 33: aliquem impietatis reum,Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 7: aliquem injuriarum,Suet. Aug. 56 fin.: aliquem capitis,Dig. 46, 1, 53: qui (infames) postulare prohibentur,Paul. Sent. 1, 2, 1.
* Transf., of things.
* For the usual expostulare, to complain of one: quom patrem adeas postulatum,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 38 (but in id. Mil. 2, 6, 35, the correct read. is expostulare; v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—*
* Postulare votum (lit. to ask a desire, i. e.), to vow, App. Flor. init.
* Of the seller, to demand a price, ask (post-class. for posco): pro eis (libris) trecentos Philippeos postulasse,Lact. 1, 6, 10; cf.: accipe victori populus quod postulat aurum,Juv. 7, 243.
* To contain, measure: jugerum sex modios seminis postulat,Col. 2, 9, 17.
* To need, require: cepina magis frequenter subactam postulat terram,Col. 11, 3, 56.—Hence, po-stŭlātum, i, n.; usually in plur.: po-stŭlāta, ōrum, a demand, request (class.): intolerabilia postulata,Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1; id. Phil. 12, 12, 28: deferre postulata alicujus ad aliquem, Caes. B. C. 1, 9: cognoscere de postulatis alicujus,id. B. G. 4, 11 fin.: postulata facere,Nep. Alcib. 8, 4.

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