Esperanto

Noun

peto ‎(accusative singular peton, plural petoj, accusative plural petojn)

1. behest, request

Related terms

• peti

Finnish

Noun

peto

1. meat-eating beast, predator
2. carnivore
3. monster

Declension

Synonyms

• (carnivore): petoeläin
• (monster): hirviö

Derived terms

• petomainen

Anagrams

• opet

Italian

Etymology

From Latin peditum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.to/, [ˈpeːt̪o]
• Hyphenation: pé‧to

Noun

peto m ‎(plural peti)

1. fart, toot

See also

• flato
• loffa
• scorreggia
• vescia

Anagrams

• poté, tope

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‎(“to fall; fly”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέτομαι ‎(pétomai, “I fly”), Sanskrit पतति ‎(pátati), Avestan Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 ‎(pataiti) and Old Armenian թիռ ‎(tʿiṙ, “flight, desire”). See English feather, pen for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.toː/, [ˈpɛ.toː]

Verb

petō ‎(present infinitive petere, perfect active petīvī, supine petītum); third conjugation

1. I ask, beg, request.
2. I make for (somewhere).
3. I seek, aim at, desire.

   Auxilium deorum peto.

   I am seeking the help of the gods.

   Altiora peto.

   I seek higher things.

4. I beg, beseech.
5. I attack.

   Petere aliquem hasta.

   To attack someone with a spear.

6. (ecclesiastical) To missionize or proselytize among the people of a place

   Peter Romam Marcus Alexandriam petit.

   Peter proselytized in Rome; Mark, in Alexandria. (Bede, Chronica Minor)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: petition, centripetal
• Portuguese: pedir
• Romanian: peți, pețire
• Sardinian: pedire, pètere
• Spanish: pedir

References

• peto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• peto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to go to a plac: petere locum
    
  • to apply to a person for advice: consilium petere ab aliquo
    
  • to borrow instances from history: exempla petere, repetere a rerum gestarum memoria or historiarum (annalium, rerum gestarum) monumentis
    
  • to quote Socrates as a model of virtue: a Socrate exemplum virtutis petere, repetere
    
  • to derive an argument from a thing: argumentum ducere, sumere ex aliqua re or petere ab aliqua re
    
  • to ask for an oracular response: oraculum petere (ab aliquo)
    
  • to ask a hearing, audience, interview: aditum conveniendi or colloquium petere
    
  • to use some one's unpopularity as a means of making oneself popular: ex invidia alicuius auram popularem petere (Liv. 22. 26)
    
  • to seek office: petere magistratum, honores
    
  • to exact a penalty from some one: poenam petere, repetere ab aliquo
    
  • to give furlough, leave of absence to soldiers: commeatum militibus dare (opp. petere)
    
  • to beg for mercy from the conqueror: salutem petere a victore
    
  • to seek safety in flight: fuga salutem petere
    

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian petto ‎(“chest, breast”), from Latin pectus, whence also Spanish pecho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe̞.to̞/

Noun

peto m ‎(plural petos)

1. bib
2. breastplate
3. shirtfront
4. (zoology) plastron
5. (historical) plastron
6. (sports) chest pad

Synonyms

• (bib): babero m, pechero m
• (breastplate, chest pad): pectoral m
• (shirtfront): pechera f
• (plastron): plastrón (zoology) m

References

“peto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.