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pĕto
transitive verb III conjugation

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1 to attack
2 to aim at
3 to desire
4 to beg, to entreat, to ask (for)
5 to reach towards, to make for

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‹ petitus

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Locutions, idioms and examples

commeatum peto || collum amplexu peto || aliquid ab aliquo peto || ab aliquo aliquid alicui peto = to ask somebody something belonging to someone || ab iis drachumam petunt = they asked them for a drachma || cave petere || ab aliquo opem peto = to ask someone for help || bello peto || Urbem peto || ab aliquo pro aliquo peto = to intercede for somebody with someone || abs te peto cures ut … = I ask you to take care of … || beneficia peto || auxilium peto || clepsydras dimidias do peto || ambitiosissime a nobis petiit || anno suo peto || clepsydras binas peto do || caveo petere || vota sua petit || aggerem peto || comminus peto || aliquem spiculo peto || naves peto || eminus peto || iura or ius peto || iugulum peto || gemitum do pectore ab imo peto de alto corde || honores peto || aliquem epistula peto || aliquem criminatione peto || cornibus peto || caput peto || calce peto aliquem || censuram peto || a vobis … peto ut … benigna me … audiatis = I ask you to listen to me benevolently || amicum petit dextra || aggeris petendi causa || Cencheas Corinthiorum emporium petierunt || cervos penna peto || a te petam consilium, ut soleo = I will ask you for advice as always || a litteris oblivionem peto = to search oblivion in studies || abs te quaeso petoque ut tuos mecum serves = I beg you and I ask you to save your (parents) with me || abs te peto ut mihi hoc ignoscas = I beg you to pardon me for this || ab atomis petat praesidium = that requires help from the atoms || e flamma cibum peto || a te maximo opere peto = I request with the highest petition || ascitas dapes peto || castra inimica petunt || aliquem strictis pugionibus peto || salutem peto or quaero || Aegyptum petere proposuit || Brundisium terrà petere || auxilium non petendum est foris || agmine certo Laocoonta petunt || Alexander Cappadociam petit || portum capio or peto || cogitatio petendi consulatus || avia saltuum petiit || caesim peto hostem || ardentiore studio peto || Archippus per salutem tuam aeternitatemque petit a me ut … || amicum Ilionea petit dextra || ambitiosissime provinciam peto || alte peto prooemium || alte repeto or peto aliquid || atro dente aliquem peto || campum petit amnis || pacem ab Aesculapio peto || apponit qui petat illam hereditatem || caveret id petere a populo Romano || a te quaeso et peto ut … consulas rationibus meis = I beg you and ask you.. to provide in my interest || ceu quondam petiere rates || aprum iaculis desuper petit || iampridem ab eo peto ut et adhuc impetrare non possum || amicitiam publice privatimque peto || auram favoris popularis petit || brevitatem gurgustioli nostri ne spernas peto || commeatus petendi causa missi erant || advocationem in unam pugnam petii || aliam in partem fugam peto || aquam et terram ab aliquo peto or posco || auxilium ducto mucrone petebat || Armeniam petivit id temporis importunam || aperte rem publicam petis || a vobis peto ut taciti de omnibus … cogitetis = I ask you to reflect in silence on everyone (the conspirators) || tabernam … in qua is deversabatur, petere conatus est || sacramentis alienos fundos petebat || classis petere altum visa est || aequi bonique famas petit || e medio flumine mella peto || abs te peto des operam ut te sistas = I ask you to find a way to reach me || ab imperatore facile quae petebant adepti sunt = they easily obtained what they asked for from the commander || ab animi virtute auxilium petendum videbat = he understood that they had to resort to fortitude (= to courage) || certa mittimus dum incerta petimus || celeri saltu profundum Tiberis petit || aetati suae se veniam petere ne in prima acie esset || aliquid in beneficii loco et gratiae causa peto || a senatu petit, ut sibi instituere nundinas … permitteretur = he asked the senate permission to establish a market || ab dis immortalibus pacem ac veniam petunt = they ask the immortal gods for benign help || ab iis amari putabam qui invidebant, eos non sequebar qui petebant = I believed that I was loved by those who envied me, I did not listen to those who were looking for me || ab Metello petendi causa missionem rogat = he asks Metellus for a leave to present his candidacy || animalia maris Oceano abusque petiverat || altius initium rei demonstrandae petere quam … || alia prodicta dies ad frumentum petendum || calumnia litium alienos fundos peto || alium infra navibus accessum peto || alium navibus accessum petere iubet || alii litora cursu fida petunt || ancoris sublatis pelagus remis petere coeperunt || alterum consulatum petis quasi primum reddideris || Bocchus per litteras a Mario petivit, uti Sullam ad se mitteret || alius alia causa illata petebat ut discedere liceret || Aeneas omnem prospectum late pelago petit || adeo sunt Poeni perterriti, ut auxilia ab Romanis petierint eaque impetrarint (= impetraverint) || bona pars secreta petit loca, balnea vitat || caput in aversam lecticam inserens, beneficia … a collega petebat || ab ea … omnia adiumenta et auxilia petamus bene beateque vivendi = we ask her for any kind of support and assistance to have an upright and happy life || bellum gerere coepit et aperte totius Numidiae imperium petere || a te idem illud peto, ut de loco quo deportet frumentum et de tempore Avianio commodes = I will still ask you this, to ensure time and a propitious place for Avianus to import wheat || a vobis peto, primum ut consilium probetis meum, deinde ne frustra dehortando impedire conemini = I ask, before all else, to approve my plan, and then to desist from exhorting me to renounce it || acer equo petivit castra, nec exanimes possunt retinere magistri = with impetus he made for the camp on horseback, neither could the preceptors, breathless, prevent him