request

request, entreaty, prayer.

request, entreaty, prayer.

pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3 ( perf. petīt, Verg. A. 9, 9;

Ov F. 1, 109: petisti,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; Verg. A. 4, 100; 12, 359:

petistis,

Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22:

petissem,

Cic. Verr. 1, 55, 145; Ov. M. 5, 26; Liv. 30, 25, 2:

petisse,

Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; Ov. [p. 1365] M. 9, 623; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 516 sq.), v. a. [Sanscr. root pat-, to fall upon, fly, find; Gr. pet- in piptô (pi-petô), to fall; cf. Lat. impetus and in petomai, to fly; cf. Lat. penna, acci-pit-er, etc.; the root of piptô, and therefore orig. to fall, fall upon; hence, to endeavor to reach or attain any thing].

To fall upon any thing.

Lit.

In a hostile sense, to rush at, attack, assault, assail; to let fly at, aim a blow at, thrust at, etc. (class.; cf.:

invado, aggredior): gladiatores et vitando caute, et petendo vehementer,

Cic. Or. 68, 228:

cujus latus mucro ille petebat,

id. Lig. 3, 9:

non latus aut ventrem, sed caput et collum petere,

to thrust at, id. Mur. 26, 52:

aliquem spiculo infeste,

Liv. 2, 20:

aliquem mālo,

to throw an apple at any one, Verg. E. 3, 64:

alicui ungue genas,

Ov. A. A. 2, 452:

aliquem saxis, id. de Nuce, 2: aprum jaculis,

Suet. Tib. 72:

aëra disco,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 13:

bello Penatìs,

Verg. A. 3, 603:

armis patriam,

Vell. 2, 68, 3.—

Without the notion of hostility: petere collum alicujus amplexu, to fall upon one's neck, to embrace one, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124.—Esp. freq., to seek, to direct one's course to, to go or repair to, to make for, travel to a place:

grues loca calidiora petentes,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

Cyzicum,

id. Fam. 14, 4, 3:

Dyrrhachium,

id. Planc. 41, 97:

naves,

to seek, take refuge in their ships, Nep. Milt. 5, 5:

caelum pennis,

to fly, Ov. F. 3, 457:

Graiis Phasi petite viris,

visited by the Greeks, id. P. 4, 10, 52:

Metellus Postumium ad bellum gerendum Africam petentem,... urbem egredi passus non est,

attempting to go, starting, Val. Max. 1, 1, 2.— Transf., of things, to proceed or go towards:

campum petit amnis,

Verg. G. 3, 522:

mons petit astra,

towers toward the stars, Ov. M. 1, 316: aliquem, to seek, go to a person:

reginam,

Verg. A. 1, 717:

ut te supplex peterem, et tua limina adirem,

id. ib. 6, 115: aliquid in locum or ad aliquem, to go to a place or person for something, to go in quest of, go to fetch:

visum est tanti in extremam Italiam petere Brundisium ostreas,

to go to Brundisium for oysters, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169:

myrrham ad Troglodytas,

id. 12, 15, 33, § 66:

harena ad Aethiopas usque petitur,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:

collis, in quem vimina petebantur,

id. 16, 10, 15, § 37:

quaeque trans maria petimus,

fetch, id. 19, 4, 19, §§ 58, 52.—

Trop.

To attack, assail one with any thing (class.):

aiiquem epistulā,

Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2:

aliquem fraude et insidiis,

Liv. 40, 55:

aliquem falsis criminibus,

Tac. A. 4, 31.—

To demand, seek, require (cf. posco).

In gen.:

ita petit asparagus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23:

ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:

aliquem in vincula,

Quint. 7, 1, 55:

aliquem ad supplicium,

id. 7, 6, 6: poenas ab aliquo, to seek satisfaction from or revenge one's self on any one. ut poenas ab optimo quoque peteret sui doloris, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7:

ut merito ab eā poenas liberi sui petere debuerint,

Quint. 3, 11, 12.—

In partic.

To demand or claim at law, to bring an action to recover, to sue for any thing (syn.:

postulo): causam dicere Prius unde petitur... Quam ille qui petit,

Ter. Eun. prol. 11:

qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit,

Cic. Rosc Com. 18, 53: aliquando cum servis Habiti furti egit;

nuper ab ipso Habito petere coepit,

id. Clu. 59, 163:

qui non calumniā litium alienos fundos, sed castris, exercitu, signis inferendis petebat,

id. Mil. 27, 74.—

To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat (syn.: rogo, flagito, obsecro); constr with ab and abl. of pers. (cf. infra); ante- and postclass., with acc. of pers.:

vos volo, vos peto atque obsecro,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 60; freq. with ut:

a te etiam atque etiam peto atque contendo, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5:

peto quaesoque, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 5, 4, 2:

peto igitur a te, vel, si pateris, oro, ut,

id. ib. 9, 13, 3:

petere in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut,

id. Verr 2, 3, 82, § 189:

petere precibus per litteras ab aliquo, ut,

id. Sull. 19, 55:

pacem ab aliquo,

Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

opem ab aliquo,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 5:

vitam nocenti,

Tac. A. 2, 31:

petito, ut intrare urbem liceret,

Just. 43, 5, 6.—Also, with id or illud, and ut, etc.: illud autem te peto, ut, etc., Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2.—With obj.-clause (mostly poet.):

arma umeris arcumque animosa petebat Ferre,

Stat. Achill. 1, 352; cf.: cum peteret (solum) donari quasi proprio suo deo, Suet. Aug. 5: petit aes sibi dari eis artous, Gell. 9, 2, 1.—De aliquo (for ab aliquo), to beg or request of one (post-class.):

si de me petisses, ut, etc.,

Dig. 13, 6, 5.—Ab aliquo aliquid alicui, to beg a thing of one person for another (class.):

M. Curtio tribunatum a Caesare petivi,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 3: ab aliquo pro aliquo petere, to intercede for:

in eorum studiis, qui a te pro Ligario petunt,

Cic. Lig. 10, 31.—With ex and abl. pers. (v. infra d.):

eum petit litteris, ut ad Britanniam proficisceretur,

Capitol. Pertin. 3, 5; Eutr. 2, 24.—Hence, pĕtītum, i, n., a prayer, desire, request, entreaty, Cat. 68, 39.—

Polit. t. t., to apply or solicit for an office, to be a candidate for office (different from ambire, to go about among the people to collect their votes, to canvass, which took place after the petitio):

nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2:

consulatum,

id. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

praeturam,

id. Verr. 1, 8, 23; Liv. 1, 35.—

To solicit a person, to seek to possess, to woo:

libidine sic accensa (Sempronia) ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur,

Sall. C. 25, 3:

cum te tam multi peterent, tu me una petisti,

Prop. 3, 13, 27:

formosam quisque petit,

id. 3, 32, 4:

multi illam petiere,

Ov. M. 1, 478; cf.: quae tuus Vir petet, cave, ne neges;

Ne petitum aliunde eat,

Cat. 61, 151.—

To endeavor to obtain or pursue, to seek, strive after any thing, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 40:

fugā salutem petere,

Nep. Hann. 11, 4:

praedam pedibus,

Ov. M. 1, 534:

gloriam,

Sall. C. 54, 5:

eloquentiae principatum,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

sanguinis profusio vel fortuita vel petita,

intentional, designed, produced by artificial means, Cels. 2, 8.—With inf.:

bene vivere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 29:

victricemque petunt dextrae conjungere dextram,

Ov. M. 8, 421; 14, 571:

conubiis natam sociare Latinis,

Verg. A. 7, 96:

aliquem transfigere ferro,

Mart. 5, 51, 3.—With ex and abl., over, in the case of:

ex hostibus victoriam petere,

Liv. 8, 33, 13:

supplicium ex se, non victoriam peti,

id. 28, 19, 11:

imperium ex victis hostibus populum Romanum petere,

id. 30, 16, 7.—

To fetch any thing:

qui argentum petit,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 53:

cibum e flammā,

Ter. Eun, 3, 2, 38:

altius initium rei demonstrandae,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 10:

aliquid a Graecis,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

a litteris exiguam doloris oblivionem,

to obtain, id. Fam. 5, 15, 4:

suspirium alte,

to fetch a deep sigh, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 57; cf.:

latere petitus imo spiritus,

Hor. Epod. 11, 10; and:

gemitus alto de corde petiti,

Ov. M. 2, 622:

haec ex veteri memoriā petita,

Tac. H. 3, 5, 1.—

To take, betake one's self to any thing:

iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere contendi,

Cic. Planc. 40, 96:

diversas vias,

Val. Fl. 1, 91:

alium cursum,

to take another route, Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2:

aliam in partem petebant fugam,

betook themselves to flight, fled, Caes. B. G. 2, 24.—

To refer to, relate to ( poet.):

Trojanos haec monstra petunt,

Verg. A. 9, 128.

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ap-pello ( adp-, Fleck., Halm (in Tac.); app-, Merk., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Halm (in Nep.), pŭli, pulsum, 3, v. a. and n., to drive, move or bring a person or thing to or toward.

In gen.

Lit., constr. with ad, or in, with the dat., with quo, or absol.

With ad:

ad ignotum arbitrum me adpellis,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 104:

armentum ad aquam,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 15; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 11:

ad litora juvencos,

Ov. M. 11, 353: visum in somnis pastorem ad me appellere, to drive toward me, i. e. the herd, the flock, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22:

turres ad opera appellebat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26.—

With in:

in flumen,

Dig. 43, 13, 1.—

With dat.:

Hinc me digressum vestris deus appulit oris,

Verg. A. 3, 715.—

With quo: quo numquam pennis appellunt Corpora saucae Cornices, * Lucr. 6, 752.—

Absol.: dant operam, ut quam primum appellant, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 238, 28: postquam paulo appulit unda (corpus), drove a little toward me, brought near, Ov. M. 11, 717 al.—

Trop.: animum ad aliquid, to turn, direct, apply:

animum ad scribendum adpulit,

Ter. And. prol. 1; so id. ib. 2, 6, 15.—Also to bring into any condition:

argenti viginti minae me ad mortem adpulerunt,

drove me to destruction, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 43; id. Bacch. 3, 1, 11.—

A.. Esp. freq. as a nautical t. t., to bring or conduct a ship somewhere, to land (in Cic. only in this signif.); constr.: appellere navem, nave, or absol. in act. and pass.; also navis appellit, or appellitur (cf. applico, II.).

With navem. [p. 141] abitu appellant huc ad molem nostram naviculam, Afran. ap. Non. p. 238, 24:

cum Persae classem ad Delum appulissent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18:

si ille ad eam ripam naves appulisset,

id. Phil. 2, 11, 26 Wernsd.:

cum ad villam nostram navis appelleretur,

id. Att. 13, 21:

Alexandrum in Italiam classem appulisse constat,

Liv. 8, 3; so id. 28, 42:

naves appulsae ad muros,

id. 30, 10; 44, 44; 45, 5 al.—

With nave:

cum Rhegium onerariā nave appulisset,

Suet. Tit. 5; cf. Gron. ad Liv. 30, 10.—

Act. absol.: huc appelle, * Hor. S. 1, 5, 12:

ad insulam appulerunt,

Liv. 37, 21:

cum ad litus appulisset,

Quint. 7, 3, 31:

cum ad Rhodum appulisset,

Suet. Tib. 11; so id. Ner. 27.—

Pass. absol.:

alios ad Siciliam appulsos esse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28:

ripae suorum appulsus est,

Vell. 2, 107.—

Seldom in a neutr. sense:

navis adpellit,

comes to land, arrives at, Tac. A. 4, 27:

Germanici triremis Chaucorum terram adpulit,

id. ib. 2, 24; Suet. Aug. 98:

Alexandrina navis Dertosam appulit,

id. Galb. 10. — Poet.:

appellere aliquem: me vestris deus appulit oris,

Verg. A. 3, 715; so id. ib. 1, 377 (cf. id. ib. 1, 616: quae vis te immanibus applicat oris).—

Trop.:

timide, tamquam ad aliquem libidinis scopulum, sic tuam mentem ad philosophiam appulisti,

Cic. de Or. 2, 37:

nec tuas umquam rationes ad eos scopulos appulisses,

id. Rab. Perd. 9, 25.

appello ( adp-, Ritschl), āvi, ātum, 1 ( subj. perf. appellāssis = appellaveris, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 15), orig. v. n., as a secondary form of the preced. (cf.: jungere, jugare), to drive to or toward, to go to in order to accost, make a request, admonish, etc.; like adire, aggredi; hence like these constr. as v. a. with acc., to accost, address, to speak to, call upon (very freq. and class.).

In gen. adgrediar hominem, adpellabo, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 26:

accedam atque adpellabo,

id. Am. 1, 3, 17:

adeamus, adpellemus,

id. Mil. 2, 5, 10; cf. id. Poen. 5, 2, 22, 5, 2, 30; 5, 2, 32:

te volo adpellare,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 23; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 50:

quo ore appellabo patrem?

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 22; id. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 22: Lucil. ap. Non. p. 238, 23 aliquem hilari vultu, Cic. Clu. 26, 72:

hominem verbo graviore,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 58:

legatos superbius,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5:

homines asperius,

id. Agr. 2, 24:

ibi a Virdumaro appellatus,

accosted, Caes. B. G. 7, 54:

Adherbalis appellandi copia non fuit,

Sall. J. 22, 5 milites alius alium laeti appellant, id. ib. 53, 8, Tac. Agr. 40: senatu coram appellato, Suet Ner. 41; id. Tib. 29 al.:

nec audet Appellare virum virgo,

Ov. M. 4, 682 al. —Also to address by letter:

crebris nos litteris appellato,

Cic. Fam. 15, 20.—

Esp

1.. Freq. with the access. idea of entreating, soliciting, to approach with a request, entreaty, etc., to apply to, to entreat, implore, beseech, invoke, etc.:

vos etiam atque etiam imploro et appello,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 188 quem enim alium appellem? quem obtester? quem implorem? id. Fl. 2:

quem praeter te appellet, habebat neminem,

id. Quint. 31; id. Fam. 12, 28:

quo accedam aut quos appellem?

Sall. J. 14, 17:

appellatus est a C. Flavio, ut, etc.,

Nep. Att. 8, 3:

appellatis de re publicā Patribus,

Suet. Caes. 34.—

Aliquem de aliquā re, to address one in order to incite him to something ( bad):

aliquem de proditione, Liv 26, 38, 4: de stupro,

Quint. 4, 2, 98.—Also without de:

aliquem,

Sen. Contr. 2, 15; Dig. 47, 10, 15, § 15.—

In judic. language, t. t., to appeal to one, i. e. to call upon him for assistance (in the class. period always with acc.; also in Pandect. Lat. constr. with ad):

procurator a praetore tribunos appellare ausus,

Cic. Quint. 20, 64:

tribuni igitur appellabantur,

id. ib. 20, 63; so,

praetor appellabatur,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 65; Liv. 9, 26:

Volero appellat tribunos,

id. 2, 55; Plin. 1, praef. 10: mox et ipse appellato demum collegio ( after he had appealed to the college of the tribunes), obtinuit, etc., Suet. Caes. 23:

adversarii ad imperatorem appellārunt,

Dig. 4, 4, 39 et saep.—

To address in order to demand something, esp. the payment of money, to dun:

Tulliola tuum munusculum flagitat et me ut sponsorem appellat,

Cic. Att. 1, 8 fin.; id. Quint. 12;

with de pecuniā: appellatus es de pecuniā,

id. Phil. 2, 29; and without de: magnā pecuniā appellabaris a creditoribus, Quint. 5, 13, 12; Alphius ap. Col. 1, 7, 2.— Trop.:

cupressus in Cretā gignitur etiam non appellato solo,

Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 142.—Later also appellare rem, to demand, claim something:

mercedem appellas?

Juv. 7, 158.—

To sue, inform against, complain of, accuse, to summon before a court:

ne alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem,

Cic. Off. 1, 25, 89; so,

aliquem stupri causā,

Val. Max. 6, 1, 11 al. —

To accost by any appellation (cf.:

centurionibus nominatim appellatis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25); hence, to call by name, or to call, to term, entitle, to declare or announce as something (cf. prosagoreuô, and in Heb., to call, and also to name; appellare gives a new predicate to the subject, while nominare only designates it by name, without a qualifying word; cf. Hab. Syn. 958; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 7, 4):

vir ego tuus sim? ne me adpella falso nomine,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 181; so id. Mil. 2, 5, 26; Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 15:

aliquem patrem,

id. Hec. 4, 4, 30, pater a gnatis ne dulcibus umquam Appelletur, Lucr. 4, 1235; 1, 60; 5, 10:

O Spartace, quem enim te potius appellem?

Cic. Phil. 13, 10:

unum te sapientem appellant et existimant,

id. Am. 2, 6:

hos viros bonos, ut habiti sunt, sic appellandos putemus,

id. ib. 5, 19:

cum fruges Cererem appellamus, vinum autem Bacchum,

id. N D 2, 23, 60 suo quamque rem nomine appellare, id. Fam. 9, 22 al.:

rex ab suis appellatur,

Caes. B. G 7, 4:

me subditum et ex pellice genitum appellant,

Liv. 40, 9. quem nautae appellant Lichan, Ov. M. 9, 229 victorem appellat Acesten, declares him victor, Verg. A. 5, 540 al.—Hence, to call by name:

quos non appello hoc loco,

Cic. Sest 50, 108: multi appellandi laedendique sunt, id Verr 2, 1, 60; id. Caecin. 19; so,

appellare auctores,

to declare, name, Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 2.— Trop.:

quos saepe nutu significationeque appello,

make known, Cic. Fam. 1, 9 fin. —

Appellare litteras, to pronounce, Cic. Brut. 35, 133 (v. appellatio).

ap-pello ( adp-, Fleck., Halm (in Tac.); app-, Merk., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Halm (in Nep.), pŭli, pulsum, 3, v. a. and n., to drive, move or bring a person or thing to or toward.

In gen.

Lit., constr. with ad, or in, with the dat., with quo, or absol.

With ad:

ad ignotum arbitrum me adpellis,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 104:

armentum ad aquam,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 15; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 11:

ad litora juvencos,

Ov. M. 11, 353: visum in somnis pastorem ad me appellere, to drive toward me, i. e. the herd, the flock, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22:

turres ad opera appellebat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26.—

With in:

in flumen,

Dig. 43, 13, 1.—

With dat.:

Hinc me digressum vestris deus appulit oris,

Verg. A. 3, 715.—

With quo: quo numquam pennis appellunt Corpora saucae Cornices, * Lucr. 6, 752.—

Absol.: dant operam, ut quam primum appellant, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 238, 28: postquam paulo appulit unda (corpus), drove a little toward me, brought near, Ov. M. 11, 717 al.—

Trop.: animum ad aliquid, to turn, direct, apply:

animum ad scribendum adpulit,

Ter. And. prol. 1; so id. ib. 2, 6, 15.—Also to bring into any condition:

argenti viginti minae me ad mortem adpulerunt,

drove me to destruction, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 43; id. Bacch. 3, 1, 11.—

A.. Esp. freq. as a nautical t. t., to bring or conduct a ship somewhere, to land (in Cic. only in this signif.); constr.: appellere navem, nave, or absol. in act. and pass.; also navis appellit, or appellitur (cf. applico, II.).

With navem. [p. 141] abitu appellant huc ad molem nostram naviculam, Afran. ap. Non. p. 238, 24:

cum Persae classem ad Delum appulissent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18:

si ille ad eam ripam naves appulisset,

id. Phil. 2, 11, 26 Wernsd.:

cum ad villam nostram navis appelleretur,

id. Att. 13, 21:

Alexandrum in Italiam classem appulisse constat,

Liv. 8, 3; so id. 28, 42:

naves appulsae ad muros,

id. 30, 10; 44, 44; 45, 5 al.—

With nave:

cum Rhegium onerariā nave appulisset,

Suet. Tit. 5; cf. Gron. ad Liv. 30, 10.—

Act. absol.: huc appelle, * Hor. S. 1, 5, 12:

ad insulam appulerunt,

Liv. 37, 21:

cum ad litus appulisset,

Quint. 7, 3, 31:

cum ad Rhodum appulisset,

Suet. Tib. 11; so id. Ner. 27.—

Pass. absol.:

alios ad Siciliam appulsos esse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28:

ripae suorum appulsus est,

Vell. 2, 107.—

Seldom in a neutr. sense:

navis adpellit,

comes to land, arrives at, Tac. A. 4, 27:

Germanici triremis Chaucorum terram adpulit,

id. ib. 2, 24; Suet. Aug. 98:

Alexandrina navis Dertosam appulit,

id. Galb. 10. — Poet.:

appellere aliquem: me vestris deus appulit oris,

Verg. A. 3, 715; so id. ib. 1, 377 (cf. id. ib. 1, 616: quae vis te immanibus applicat oris).—

Trop.:

timide, tamquam ad aliquem libidinis scopulum, sic tuam mentem ad philosophiam appulisti,

Cic. de Or. 2, 37:

nec tuas umquam rationes ad eos scopulos appulisses,

id. Rab. Perd. 9, 25.

appello ( adp-, Ritschl), āvi, ātum, 1 ( subj. perf. appellāssis = appellaveris, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 15), orig. v. n., as a secondary form of the preced. (cf.: jungere, jugare), to drive to or toward, to go to in order to accost, make a request, admonish, etc.; like adire, aggredi; hence like these constr. as v. a. with acc., to accost, address, to speak to, call upon (very freq. and class.).

In gen. adgrediar hominem, adpellabo, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 26:

accedam atque adpellabo,

id. Am. 1, 3, 17:

adeamus, adpellemus,

id. Mil. 2, 5, 10; cf. id. Poen. 5, 2, 22, 5, 2, 30; 5, 2, 32:

te volo adpellare,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 23; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 50:

quo ore appellabo patrem?

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 22; id. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 22: Lucil. ap. Non. p. 238, 23 aliquem hilari vultu, Cic. Clu. 26, 72:

hominem verbo graviore,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 58:

legatos superbius,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5:

homines asperius,

id. Agr. 2, 24:

ibi a Virdumaro appellatus,

accosted, Caes. B. G. 7, 54:

Adherbalis appellandi copia non fuit,

Sall. J. 22, 5 milites alius alium laeti appellant, id. ib. 53, 8, Tac. Agr. 40: senatu coram appellato, Suet Ner. 41; id. Tib. 29 al.:

nec audet Appellare virum virgo,

Ov. M. 4, 682 al. —Also to address by letter:

crebris nos litteris appellato,

Cic. Fam. 15, 20.—

Esp

1.. Freq. with the access. idea of entreating, soliciting, to approach with a request, entreaty, etc., to apply to, to entreat, implore, beseech, invoke, etc.:

vos etiam atque etiam imploro et appello,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 188 quem enim alium appellem? quem obtester? quem implorem? id. Fl. 2:

quem praeter te appellet, habebat neminem,

id. Quint. 31; id. Fam. 12, 28:

quo accedam aut quos appellem?

Sall. J. 14, 17:

appellatus est a C. Flavio, ut, etc.,

Nep. Att. 8, 3:

appellatis de re publicā Patribus,

Suet. Caes. 34.—

Aliquem de aliquā re, to address one in order to incite him to something ( bad):

aliquem de proditione, Liv 26, 38, 4: de stupro,

Quint. 4, 2, 98.—Also without de:

aliquem,

Sen. Contr. 2, 15; Dig. 47, 10, 15, § 15.—

In judic. language, t. t., to appeal to one, i. e. to call upon him for assistance (in the class. period always with acc.; also in Pandect. Lat. constr. with ad):

procurator a praetore tribunos appellare ausus,

Cic. Quint. 20, 64:

tribuni igitur appellabantur,

id. ib. 20, 63; so,

praetor appellabatur,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 65; Liv. 9, 26:

Volero appellat tribunos,

id. 2, 55; Plin. 1, praef. 10: mox et ipse appellato demum collegio ( after he had appealed to the college of the tribunes), obtinuit, etc., Suet. Caes. 23:

adversarii ad imperatorem appellārunt,

Dig. 4, 4, 39 et saep.—

To address in order to demand something, esp. the payment of money, to dun:

Tulliola tuum munusculum flagitat et me ut sponsorem appellat,

Cic. Att. 1, 8 fin.; id. Quint. 12;

with de pecuniā: appellatus es de pecuniā,

id. Phil. 2, 29; and without de: magnā pecuniā appellabaris a creditoribus, Quint. 5, 13, 12; Alphius ap. Col. 1, 7, 2.— Trop.:

cupressus in Cretā gignitur etiam non appellato solo,

Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 142.—Later also appellare rem, to demand, claim something:

mercedem appellas?

Juv. 7, 158.—

To sue, inform against, complain of, accuse, to summon before a court:

ne alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem,

Cic. Off. 1, 25, 89; so,

aliquem stupri causā,

Val. Max. 6, 1, 11 al. —

To accost by any appellation (cf.:

centurionibus nominatim appellatis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25); hence, to call by name, or to call, to term, entitle, to declare or announce as something (cf. prosagoreuô, and in Heb., to call, and also to name; appellare gives a new predicate to the subject, while nominare only designates it by name, without a qualifying word; cf. Hab. Syn. 958; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 7, 4):

vir ego tuus sim? ne me adpella falso nomine,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 181; so id. Mil. 2, 5, 26; Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 15:

aliquem patrem,

id. Hec. 4, 4, 30, pater a gnatis ne dulcibus umquam Appelletur, Lucr. 4, 1235; 1, 60; 5, 10:

O Spartace, quem enim te potius appellem?

Cic. Phil. 13, 10:

unum te sapientem appellant et existimant,

id. Am. 2, 6:

hos viros bonos, ut habiti sunt, sic appellandos putemus,

id. ib. 5, 19:

cum fruges Cererem appellamus, vinum autem Bacchum,

id. N D 2, 23, 60 suo quamque rem nomine appellare, id. Fam. 9, 22 al.:

rex ab suis appellatur,

Caes. B. G 7, 4:

me subditum et ex pellice genitum appellant,

Liv. 40, 9. quem nautae appellant Lichan, Ov. M. 9, 229 victorem appellat Acesten, declares him victor, Verg. A. 5, 540 al.—Hence, to call by name:

quos non appello hoc loco,

Cic. Sest 50, 108: multi appellandi laedendique sunt, id Verr 2, 1, 60; id. Caecin. 19; so,

appellare auctores,

to declare, name, Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 2.— Trop.:

quos saepe nutu significationeque appello,

make known, Cic. Fam. 1, 9 fin. —

Appellare litteras, to pronounce, Cic. Brut. 35, 133 (v. appellatio).

dē-posco, pŏposci, 3, v. a., to demand, require, request earnestly (freq. and class.).

In gen.:

unum ab omnibus sociis et civibus ad id bellum imperatorem deposci atque expeti,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5; cf. id. 15, 44:

id non modo non recusem, sed etiam appetam atque deposcam,

id. Phil. 3, 13, 33;

so opp. recusare,

id. Fl. 38 fin.:

sibi naves,

Caes. B. C. 1, 56, 3:

pugnam,

Suet. Oth. 9; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 1; 2, 1, 3:

pericula (opp. detrectare),

Tac. Agr. 11 et saep. — Absol.:

de proelio cogitandum, sicut semper depoposcimus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 85 fin.:

omnibus pollicitationibus deposcunt, qui belli initium faciant,

id. B. G. 7, 1, 5.—

In partic.

To demand, request for one's self the performance of any duty or business:

sibi id muneris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 57:

tibi partis istas,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 45:

primas sibi partes,

Suet. Calig. 56:

illam sibi officiosam provinciam,

Cic. Sull. 18 fin.; cf.:

consulatum sibi,

Suet. Aug. 26:

sibi has urbanas insidias caedis atque incendiorum,

Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 6:

coloniam tutandam,

Suet. Vit. 1.—

To demand a person, in order to bring him to punishment:

aliquem ad mortem,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110, 5; cf.:

aliquem ad supplicium,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 38, 3:

aliquem ad poenam,

Suet. Tit. 6:

aliquem morti,

Tac. A. 1, 23:

ad ducem ipsum in poenam foederis rupti deposcendum,

Liv. 21, 6:

auctorem culpae,

id. 21, 10; cf.

Hannibalem,

Just. 32, 4, 8:

ausum Talia deposcunt,

Ov. M. 1, 200; Luc. 5, 296 et saep.: altera me deposcere putabatur, to demand my death, Cic. post red. in Sen. 13, 33.—

( Transf. from the gladiator's t. t.) To call out, challenge one to fight, Liv. 2, 49, 2; cf.

hostes,

Val. Fl. 5, 635.

impĕtro ( inp-), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic inf. pres. pass. impetrarier, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 40; inf. fut. act. impetrassere, id. Aul. 4, 7, 6; id. Cas. 2, 3, 53; id. Mil. 4, 3, 35; id. Stich. 1, 2, 23), v. a. [in-patro], to accomplish, effect, bring to pass; to get, obtain, procure, esp. by exertion, request, entreaty (class.; cf.: obtineo, adipiscor, consequor).

In gen., constr. with acc., ut, ne, the simple subj., or absol.

With acc.:

quod volui, ut volo, impetravi per amicitiam et gratiam a Philocomasio,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 1:

istuc confido a fratre me impetrassere,

id. Aul. 4, 7, 6:

a me istam exceptionem numquam impetrabunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 97:

ei Dolabella rogatu meo civitatem a Caesare impetravit,

id. Fam. 13, 36, 1:

decet abs te id impetrarier,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 40:

in omni re considerandum est et quid postules ab amico et quid patiare a te impetrari,

Cic. Lael. 20, 76; cf. id. ib. 11, 38:

dum id impetrant,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 37; 1, 2, 17:

cum istuc, quod postulo, impetro cum gratia,

Ter. And. 2, 5, 11; id. Ad. 3, 4, 44:

uti ea, quae vellent, impetrarent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 2:

(chorus) Impetrat et pacem et locupletem frugibus annum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 137:

restitutionem patris,

Quint. 7, 1, 42; 11, 3, 4:

provinciam,

id. 6, 3, 68: post impetratam studiis meis [p. 903] quietem, id. Prooem. §

1: impetrato Fortis Augusti reditu,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 42.—

With ut, ne, or the simple subj.: Cl. Quid, si ego impetro atque exoro a vilico, causa mea Ut eam illi permittat? St. Quid si ego ab armigero impetro, Eam illi permittat? atque hoc, credo, impetrassere, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 51 sq.:

impetrabis igitur a Caesare, ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1; Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 7, 26:

a Sequanis impetrat, ut per fines suos ire Helvetios patiantur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 9 fin.:

verbisne istis, ut pugnent, te impetraturum credis,

Liv. 2, 46, 6:

postremo impetravi, ut ne quid ei succenseat,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 4:

suadeo, a te impetres, ne sis nugax,

Petr. 52:

tandem impetravi abiret,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 190.— Pass. impers.: aegre ab iis impetratum est summa tribunorum plebis contentione, ut in senatu recitarentur (litterae);

ut vero ex litteris ad senatum referretur, impetrari non potuit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 1; Plin. 16, 32, 59, § 136.—In abl. of the part. perf.:

impetrato, ut manerent,

Liv. 9, 30, 10; Vell. 2, 107, 2.—

and inf.:

Agrippina in oppidum Ubiorum veteranos coloniamque deduci impetrat,

Tac. A. 12, 27.—

Absol.:

incipere multo est quam impetrare facilius,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 14:

hilarus exit, impetravit,

id. Mil. 4, 4, 62; id. As. 3, 3, 131: Ca. Jus hic orat. Ly. Impetrabit te advocato atque arbitro, id. Trin. 5, 2, 37:

quid attinet dicere, si contendisset, impetraturum non fuisse, cum, etc.?

Cic. Lael. 11, 39:

si id ita fecisset... si non impetraret, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 35, 4:

cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

id. ib. 6, 2, 2:

simul, ut, si quid possent, de induciis fallendo impetrarent,

id. ib. 4, 13, 5; id. B. C. 1, 22 fin.; cf.:

sperare, ab eo de sua ac militum salute impetrare posse,

id. B. G. 5, 36, 3; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2.—Esp.: impetras, you have your request, i. e. I will do as you desire, nolo ames. Pae. Facile impetras, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 63: adpropera! age, amabo! Mu. Impetras, abeo, id. Cas. 2, 2, 39; cf. id. Ep. 2, 2, 119; id. Cas. 2, 3, 17.—

Esp.

Like impetrio:

exstat annalium memoria, sacris quibusdam et precationibus vel cogi fulmina vel impetrari, etc.,

Plin. 2, 53, 54, § 140.—

In mal. part., to obtain, get possession of:

ut superior sis mihi quam quisquam qui impetrant,

Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 10.

impĕtro ( inp-), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic inf. pres. pass. impetrarier, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 40; inf. fut. act. impetrassere, id. Aul. 4, 7, 6; id. Cas. 2, 3, 53; id. Mil. 4, 3, 35; id. Stich. 1, 2, 23), v. a. [in-patro], to accomplish, effect, bring to pass; to get, obtain, procure, esp. by exertion, request, entreaty (class.; cf.: obtineo, adipiscor, consequor).

In gen., constr. with acc., ut, ne, the simple subj., or absol.

With acc.:

quod volui, ut volo, impetravi per amicitiam et gratiam a Philocomasio,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 1:

istuc confido a fratre me impetrassere,

id. Aul. 4, 7, 6:

a me istam exceptionem numquam impetrabunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 97:

ei Dolabella rogatu meo civitatem a Caesare impetravit,

id. Fam. 13, 36, 1:

decet abs te id impetrarier,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 40:

in omni re considerandum est et quid postules ab amico et quid patiare a te impetrari,

Cic. Lael. 20, 76; cf. id. ib. 11, 38:

dum id impetrant,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 37; 1, 2, 17:

cum istuc, quod postulo, impetro cum gratia,

Ter. And. 2, 5, 11; id. Ad. 3, 4, 44:

uti ea, quae vellent, impetrarent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 2:

(chorus) Impetrat et pacem et locupletem frugibus annum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 137:

restitutionem patris,

Quint. 7, 1, 42; 11, 3, 4:

provinciam,

id. 6, 3, 68: post impetratam studiis meis [p. 903] quietem, id. Prooem. §

1: impetrato Fortis Augusti reditu,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 42.—

With ut, ne, or the simple subj.: Cl. Quid, si ego impetro atque exoro a vilico, causa mea Ut eam illi permittat? St. Quid si ego ab armigero impetro, Eam illi permittat? atque hoc, credo, impetrassere, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 51 sq.:

impetrabis igitur a Caesare, ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1; Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 7, 26:

a Sequanis impetrat, ut per fines suos ire Helvetios patiantur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 9 fin.:

verbisne istis, ut pugnent, te impetraturum credis,

Liv. 2, 46, 6:

postremo impetravi, ut ne quid ei succenseat,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 4:

suadeo, a te impetres, ne sis nugax,

Petr. 52:

tandem impetravi abiret,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 190.— Pass. impers.: aegre ab iis impetratum est summa tribunorum plebis contentione, ut in senatu recitarentur (litterae);

ut vero ex litteris ad senatum referretur, impetrari non potuit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 1; Plin. 16, 32, 59, § 136.—In abl. of the part. perf.:

impetrato, ut manerent,

Liv. 9, 30, 10; Vell. 2, 107, 2.—

and inf.:

Agrippina in oppidum Ubiorum veteranos coloniamque deduci impetrat,

Tac. A. 12, 27.—

Absol.:

incipere multo est quam impetrare facilius,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 14:

hilarus exit, impetravit,

id. Mil. 4, 4, 62; id. As. 3, 3, 131: Ca. Jus hic orat. Ly. Impetrabit te advocato atque arbitro, id. Trin. 5, 2, 37:

quid attinet dicere, si contendisset, impetraturum non fuisse, cum, etc.?

Cic. Lael. 11, 39:

si id ita fecisset... si non impetraret, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 35, 4:

cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

id. ib. 6, 2, 2:

simul, ut, si quid possent, de induciis fallendo impetrarent,

id. ib. 4, 13, 5; id. B. C. 1, 22 fin.; cf.:

sperare, ab eo de sua ac militum salute impetrare posse,

id. B. G. 5, 36, 3; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2.—Esp.: impetras, you have your request, i. e. I will do as you desire, nolo ames. Pae. Facile impetras, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 63: adpropera! age, amabo! Mu. Impetras, abeo, id. Cas. 2, 2, 39; cf. id. Ep. 2, 2, 119; id. Cas. 2, 3, 17.—

Esp.

Like impetrio:

exstat annalium memoria, sacris quibusdam et precationibus vel cogi fulmina vel impetrari, etc.,

Plin. 2, 53, 54, § 140.—

In mal. part., to obtain, get possession of:

ut superior sis mihi quam quisquam qui impetrant,

Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 10.

pĕtītĭo, ōnis, f. [peto].

Lit., an attack, a blow, thrust, pass:

tuas petiti ones effugi,

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15; cf.:

petitiones proprie dicimus impetus gladiorum,

Serv. Verg. A. 9, 439.—

Trop., an attack made in words before a court of justice, Cic. Or. 68, 228;

or in debate,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 15; cf.:

novi omnis hominis petitiones rationesque dicendi,

methods of attack, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. de Or. 3, 54, 206.—

In gen., a requesting, beseeching; a request, petition for any thing (postAug.), Plin. 29, 4, 19, § 66: huic quoque petitioni tuae negare non sustineo, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 7 (23); Gell. 11, 16, 8 al.—

Esp. (eccl. Lat.), a request offered to God, a prayer:

impleat Dominus omnes petitiones tuas,

Vulg. Psa. 19, 6; id. Phil. 4, 6; id. 1 Johan. 5, 15: petitionem offerre Domino Deo, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 16, 1, 4.—

In partic.

An applying or soliciting for office, an application, solicitation, candidacy, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1:

petitioni se dari,

to become a candidate for office, id. Fam. 13, 10, 2:

consulatus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 22:

pontificatūs,

Sall. C. 49, 2:

regni,

Just. 1, 10, 17:

tribunatūs et aedilitatis,

Val. Max. 6, 9, 14:

dare alicui petitionem consulatūs,

to admit one as a candidate for the consulship, Suet. Caes. 26:

abstinere petitione honorum,

Tac. A. 2, 43; Suet. Caes. 28:

petitioni se dare,

to solicit an office, Cic. Fam. 13, 10.—

A laying claim to any thing, a suit, petition, in private or civil cases (opp. the accusatio, in criminal cases):

petitio pecuniae,

Quint. 4, 4, 6:

hereditatis,

Dig. 44, 5, 3:

integram petitionem relinquere,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 56.—

A right of claim, a right to bring an action of recovery:

cavere, neminem, cujus petitio sit, petiturum,

Cic. Brut. 5, 18; Dig. 2, 14, 56.

postŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [posco], to ask, demand, require, request, desire (syn.: posco, flagito, peto); constr. with aliquid, aliquid ab aliquo, aliquem aliquid, with ut ( ne), de, with inf., or absol.

In gen.:

incipiunt postulare, poscere, minari,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34, § 78:

nemo inventus est tam audax, qui posceret, nemo tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet,

id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 44; cf. Liv. 2, 45; 3, 19:

tametsi causa postulat, tamen quia postulat, non flagitat, praeteribo,

Cic. Quint. 3, 13:

postulabat autem magis quam petebat, ut, etc.,

Curt. 4, 1, 8:

dehinc postulo, sive aequom est, te oro, ut, etc.,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 19:

ita volo itaque postulo ut fiat,

id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 27:

suom jus postulat,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 47; cf.:

aequom postulat, da veniam,

id. And. 5, 3, 30; and:

quid est? num iniquom postulo?

id. Phorm. 2, 3, 64:

nunc hic dies alios mores postulat,

id. And. 1, 2, 18:

fidem publicam,

Cic. Att. 2, 24, 2:

istud, quod postulas,

id. Rep. 1, 20, 33; id. Lael. 2, 9:

ad senatum venire auxilium postulatum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

deliberandi sibi unum diem postulavit,

Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60; cf.:

noctem sibi ad deliberandum postulavit,

id. Sest. 34, 74:

postulo abs te, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 18:

postulatur a te jam diu vel flagitatur potius historia,

Cic. Leg. 1, 5:

quom maxime abs te postulo atque oro, ut, etc.,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 4; and:

quidvis ab amico postulare,

Cic. Lael. 10, 35; cf. in pass.:

cum aliquid ab amicis postularetur,

id. ib.:

orationes a me duas postulas,

id. Att. 2, 7, 1:

quod principes civitatum a me postulassent,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; cf. infra the passages with an object-clause.—With ut ( ne):

quodam modo postulat, ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 2:

postulatum est, ut Bibuli sententia divideretur,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 1 (for other examples with ut, v. supra):

legatos ad Bocchum mittit postulatum, ne sine causā hostis populo Romano fieret,

Sall. J. 83, 1.—With subj. alone:

qui postularent, eos qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent, sibi dederent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 3.—With de:

sapientes homines a senatu de foedere postulaverunt,

Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

Ariovistus legatos ad eum mittit, quod antea de colloquio postulasset, id per se fieri licere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 42.—With inf., freq. to be rendered, to wish, like, want: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 32 Vahl.):

hic postulat se Romae absolvi, qui, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 138:

o facinus impudicum! quam liberam esse oporteat, servire postulare,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 62; id. Men. 2, 3, 88:

me ducere istis dictis postulas?

Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Eun. 1, 1, 16:

(lupinum) ne spargi quidem postulat decidens sponte,

Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 135:

si me tibi praemandere postulas,

Gell. 4, 1, 11.—With a double object: quas (sollicitudines) levare tua te prudentia postulat, demands of you, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2. —With nom. and inf.:

qui postulat deus credi,

Curt. 6, 11, 24.—

In partic., in jurid. lang.

To summon, arraign before a court, to prosecute, accuse, impeach (syn.: accuso, insimulo); constr. class. usu. with de and abl., post-Aug. also with gen.):

Gabinium tres adhuc factiones postulant: L. Lentulus, qui jam de majestate postulavit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:

aliquem apud praetorem de pecuniis repetundis,

id. Cornel. Fragm. 1:

aliquem repetundis,

Tac. A. 3, 38:

aliquem majestatis,

id. ib. 1, 74:

aliquem repetundarum,

Suet. Caes. 4: aliquem aliquā lege, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3:

aliquem ex aliquā causā reum,

Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 33:

aliquem impietatis reum,

Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 7:

aliquem injuriarum,

Suet. Aug. 56 fin.:

aliquem capitis,

Dig. 46, 1, 53:

qui (infames) postulare prohibentur,

Paul. Sent. 1, 2, 1.—

To demand a writ or leave to prosecute, from the prætor or other magistrate:

postulare est desiderium suum vel amici sui in jure apud eum qui jurisdictioni praeest exponere vel alterius desiderio contradicere, etc.,

Dig. 3, 1, 1; cf.

this whole section: De postulando: in aliquem delationem nominis postulare,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 20, 64:

postulare servos in quaestionem,

id. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:

quaestionem,

Liv. 2, 29, 5.—

For the usual expostulare, to complain of one:

quom patrem adeas postulatum,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 38 (but in id. Mil. 2, 6, 35, the correct read. is expostulare; v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—

Postulare votum (lit. to ask a desire, i. e.), to vow, App. Flor. init. —

Of the seller, to demand a price, ask (post-class. for posco):

pro eis (libris) trecentos Philippeos postulasse,

Lact. 1, 6, 10; cf.:

accipe victori populus quod postulat aurum,

Juv. 7, 243. —

Transf., of things.

To contain, measure:

jugerum sex modios seminis postulat,

Col. 2, 9, 17.—

To need, require:

cepina magis frequenter subactam postulat terram,

Col. 11, 3, 56.—Hence, po-stŭlātum, i, n.; usually in plur.: po-stŭlāta, ōrum, a demand, request (class.):

intolerabilia postulata,

Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1; id. Phil. 12, 12, 28: deferre postulata alicujus ad aliquem, Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

cognoscere de postulatis alicujus,

id. B. G. 4, 11 fin.:

postulata facere,

Nep. Alcib. 8, 4.

postŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [posco], to ask, demand, require, request, desire (syn.: posco, flagito, peto); constr. with aliquid, aliquid ab aliquo, aliquem aliquid, with ut ( ne), de, with inf., or absol.

In gen.:

incipiunt postulare, poscere, minari,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34, § 78:

nemo inventus est tam audax, qui posceret, nemo tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet,

id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 44; cf. Liv. 2, 45; 3, 19:

tametsi causa postulat, tamen quia postulat, non flagitat, praeteribo,

Cic. Quint. 3, 13:

postulabat autem magis quam petebat, ut, etc.,

Curt. 4, 1, 8:

dehinc postulo, sive aequom est, te oro, ut, etc.,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 19:

ita volo itaque postulo ut fiat,

id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 27:

suom jus postulat,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 47; cf.:

aequom postulat, da veniam,

id. And. 5, 3, 30; and:

quid est? num iniquom postulo?

id. Phorm. 2, 3, 64:

nunc hic dies alios mores postulat,

id. And. 1, 2, 18:

fidem publicam,

Cic. Att. 2, 24, 2:

istud, quod postulas,

id. Rep. 1, 20, 33; id. Lael. 2, 9:

ad senatum venire auxilium postulatum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

deliberandi sibi unum diem postulavit,

Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60; cf.:

noctem sibi ad deliberandum postulavit,

id. Sest. 34, 74:

postulo abs te, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 18:

postulatur a te jam diu vel flagitatur potius historia,

Cic. Leg. 1, 5:

quom maxime abs te postulo atque oro, ut, etc.,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 4; and:

quidvis ab amico postulare,

Cic. Lael. 10, 35; cf. in pass.:

cum aliquid ab amicis postularetur,

id. ib.:

orationes a me duas postulas,

id. Att. 2, 7, 1:

quod principes civitatum a me postulassent,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; cf. infra the passages with an object-clause.—With ut ( ne):

quodam modo postulat, ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 2:

postulatum est, ut Bibuli sententia divideretur,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 1 (for other examples with ut, v. supra):

legatos ad Bocchum mittit postulatum, ne sine causā hostis populo Romano fieret,

Sall. J. 83, 1.—With subj. alone:

qui postularent, eos qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent, sibi dederent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 3.—With de:

sapientes homines a senatu de foedere postulaverunt,

Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

Ariovistus legatos ad eum mittit, quod antea de colloquio postulasset, id per se fieri licere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 42.—With inf., freq. to be rendered, to wish, like, want: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 32 Vahl.):

hic postulat se Romae absolvi, qui, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 138:

o facinus impudicum! quam liberam esse oporteat, servire postulare,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 62; id. Men. 2, 3, 88:

me ducere istis dictis postulas?

Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Eun. 1, 1, 16:

(lupinum) ne spargi quidem postulat decidens sponte,

Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 135:

si me tibi praemandere postulas,

Gell. 4, 1, 11.—With a double object: quas (sollicitudines) levare tua te prudentia postulat, demands of you, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2. —With nom. and inf.:

qui postulat deus credi,

Curt. 6, 11, 24.—

In partic., in jurid. lang.

To summon, arraign before a court, to prosecute, accuse, impeach (syn.: accuso, insimulo); constr. class. usu. with de and abl., post-Aug. also with gen.):

Gabinium tres adhuc factiones postulant: L. Lentulus, qui jam de majestate postulavit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:

aliquem apud praetorem de pecuniis repetundis,

id. Cornel. Fragm. 1:

aliquem repetundis,

Tac. A. 3, 38:

aliquem majestatis,

id. ib. 1, 74:

aliquem repetundarum,

Suet. Caes. 4: aliquem aliquā lege, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3:

aliquem ex aliquā causā reum,

Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 33:

aliquem impietatis reum,

Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 7:

aliquem injuriarum,

Suet. Aug. 56 fin.:

aliquem capitis,

Dig. 46, 1, 53:

qui (infames) postulare prohibentur,

Paul. Sent. 1, 2, 1.—

To demand a writ or leave to prosecute, from the prætor or other magistrate:

postulare est desiderium suum vel amici sui in jure apud eum qui jurisdictioni praeest exponere vel alterius desiderio contradicere, etc.,

Dig. 3, 1, 1; cf.

this whole section: De postulando: in aliquem delationem nominis postulare,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 20, 64:

postulare servos in quaestionem,

id. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:

quaestionem,

Liv. 2, 29, 5.—

For the usual expostulare, to complain of one:

quom patrem adeas postulatum,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 38 (but in id. Mil. 2, 6, 35, the correct read. is expostulare; v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—

Postulare votum (lit. to ask a desire, i. e.), to vow, App. Flor. init. —

Of the seller, to demand a price, ask (post-class. for posco):

pro eis (libris) trecentos Philippeos postulasse,

Lact. 1, 6, 10; cf.:

accipe victori populus quod postulat aurum,

Juv. 7, 243. —

Transf., of things.

To contain, measure:

jugerum sex modios seminis postulat,

Col. 2, 9, 17.—

To need, require:

cepina magis frequenter subactam postulat terram,

Col. 11, 3, 56.—Hence, po-stŭlātum, i, n.; usually in plur.: po-stŭlāta, ōrum, a demand, request (class.):

intolerabilia postulata,

Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1; id. Phil. 12, 12, 28: deferre postulata alicujus ad aliquem, Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

cognoscere de postulatis alicujus,

id. B. G. 4, 11 fin.:

postulata facere,

Nep. Alcib. 8, 4.

prĕcārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], obtained by begging, entreaty, or prayer (opp. debitus and pro imperio; not freq. till the Aug. per.; perh. used by Cic. only adverbially; v. infra).

Lit.:

non orare solum precariam opem, sed pro debitā petere,

obtained by entreaty, from mere favor, Liv. 3, 47, 2; cf.:

tribunicia potestas, precarium, non justum auxilium ferens,

id. 8, 35:

vita,

Tac. H. 4, 76:

precariam animam inter infensos trahere,

id. A. 1, 42:

imperium (quasi precibus concessum, ac propterea, quandocumque lubeat, rursus adimendum, Orell.),

id. H. 1, 52. —Hence, as subst.: prĕcārĭum, ii, n., any thing granted or lent upon request and at the will of the grantor:

precarium est, quod precibus petenti utendum conceditur tam diu, quamdiu is qui concessit patitur: quod genus liberalitatis ex jure gentium descendit, et distat a donatione eo, quod qui donat sic dat, ne recipiat: qui precario concedit sic dat, quasi tunc recepturus, cum sibi libuerit precarium solvere,

Dig. 43, 26, 1.—

Transf., depending on the will of another, doubtful, uncertain, transient, precarious:

forma,

Ov. M. 9, 76:

sapiens corpus suum, seque ipsum inter precaria numerat,

precarious, uncertain, transitory things, Sen. Tranq. 11, 1: fulgor, passing quickly by, very transient, Symm. Or. ap. Val. 1, 6.— Hence, adv.: prĕcārĭō, by entreaty or request (class.):

hoc petere me precario a vobis jussit,

Plaut. Am. prol. 24:

cum aliquo agere precario,

id. Truc. 4, 1, 12:

vel vi vel clam vel precario,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28:

si precario essent rogandi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 23, § 59:

exegit,

Suet. Claud. 12:

praefuit,

on sufferance, Tac. Agr. 16:

precario studeo,

am obliged, as it were, to beg time for study, Plin. Ep. 7, 30, 4:

precario possidere,

by sufferance, Paul. Sent. 5, 6, 11:

ancillam quis precario rogaverit,

Dig. 43, 26, 10.