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petitio
petitio
Latin
Noun
petītiō f (genitive petītiōnis); third declension
- an attack, thrust, blow
- a request, petition, beseeching
- an applying for office
- (law) suit, claim
- (law) right of claim
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | petītiō | petītiōnēs |
| genitive | petītiōnis | petītiōnum |
| dative | petītiōnī | petītiōnibus |
| accusative | petītiōnem | petītiōnēs |
| ablative | petītiōne | petītiōnibus |
| vocative | petītiō | petītiōnēs |
Related terms
- petītōrius
- petō
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, 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
- a private, civil prosecution: actio, petitio