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

  1. an attack, thrust, blow
    Synonyms: invāsiō, impetus, incursiō, aggressiō, assultus, oppugnātiō, incursus, appetītus, occursiō, concursus, vīs, ictus, procella
  2. a request, petition, beseeching
    Synonyms: postulātum, supplicātiō, supplicium, rogātiō, precātiō, prex
  3. an applying for office
  4. (law) suit, claim
    Synonyms: postulātum, querella
  5. (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

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 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
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