Latin

Noun

petītiō f ‎(genitive petītiōnis); third declension

1. an attack, thrust, blow
2. a request, petition, beseeching
3. an applying for office
4. (law) suit, claim
5. (law) right of claim

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• petītōrius
• petō

Descendants

• English: petition
• Esperanto: peti
• French: pétition
• Russian: петиция ‎(peticija)
• Spanish: petición

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “petitio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a private, civil prosecution: actio, petitio