pĕtor
transitive verb III conjugation

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1 passive form of [peto]
2 to attack
3 to aim at
4 to desire
5 to beg, to entreat, to ask (for)
6 to reach towards, to make for

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argumentum e nomine petitur || Aetolos ad petendam subegit pacem || ad petendam veniam legatis mittendis || a populo saxis praetereunte petor = the people passing by pelt me with stones || admonebant alios supplicium ex se peti || eā quisque maxime patet, quā petitur || a vobis salubritas quaedam, ab eis qui dicunt salus ipsa petitur = you are being asked for a healthy medicine, while the orators are being asked for health itself || commeatus a senatu peti solitos beneficii sui fecit || pacem illi prius petendam ab populo Romano esse quam ut rex … appelletur (discorso indir.)




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