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  • 1 ōrō

        ōrō āvī, ātus, āre    [1 os], to speak: talibus orabat Iuno, V.—To treat, argue, plead: matronis ipsis orantibus, i. e. at the mediation of: causam capitis, plead: causas melius, V.: cum eo de salute suā, treat, Cs.: ipse pro se oravit, pleaded his own cause, L.—To pray, beg, beseech, entreat, implore, supplicate: ‘me surpite morti,’ orabat, H.: orando surdas aurīs reddideras mihi, T.: socer Non orandus erat, vi sed faciendus, to be made my father-in-law, not by entreaty but by compulsion, O.: gnato uxorem, request a wife for, T.: Quod ego per hanc te dextram oro, T.: illud te, ut, etc., O.: multa deos orans, V.: te oro, ut redeat, T.: te etiam atque etiam oro, ut, etc.: oratos vos omnīs volo, Ne plus possit, etc., T.: quod ne faciatis, oro obtestorque vos: oro atque obsecro, adhibeatis misericordiam: et vocet oro, V.: istam, Oro, exue mentem, V.: Per deos oro... Este mei memores, O.: admittier orant (i. e. ut admittantur), V.: orantes primi transmittere cursum (i. e. ut primi transmitterent), V.: ut Octavius orandus sit pro salute cuiusquam civis.— Parenthet., with te or vos, I beg, prithee: dic, oro te, clarius: ne illa quidem, oro vos, movent? L.
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    I
    orare, oravi, oratus V
    beg, ask for, pray; beseech, plead, entreat; worship, adore
    II
    orere, -, - V

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  • 2 quaesō

        quaesō —, — (ere)    [QVAES-].—Only 1st pers. indic. praes., sing. and plur, to beg, pray, beseech, entreat: quaeso, ut eum diem memoriae mandetis: quaeso a vobis, ut, in hac causā, etc.: id uti permittatis, quaesumus, L.: quaeso obtestorque, ne: Decium quaeso mecum consulem faciatis, L.: deos quaeso, ut istaec prohibeant, T.: te precor et quaeso, ut liceret, etc.: hoc quaeso, Svre, Ut, etc., T.—Parenthet., I beg, I pray, prithee, please: ubinam est, quaeso? prithee, T.: tu, quaeso, crebro ad me scribe: quam ob rem aggredere, quaesumus, etc.
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    quaesere, -, - V
    beg, ask, ask for, seek

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  • 3 peto

    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].
    I.
    To fall upon any thing.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    To demand, seek, require (cf. posco).
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    c.
    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.—
    d.
    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.—
    e.
    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.—
    f.
    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.—
    g.
    To refer to, relate to ( poet.):

    Trojanos haec monstra petunt,

    Verg. A. 9, 128.

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  • 4 mendīcō

        mendīcō —, ātus, āre    [mendicus], to beg, ask alms: eiectis mendicat silva Camenis, i. e. is full of beggars, Iu.: mendicatus panis, Iu.
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    mendicare, mendicavi, mendicatus V
    beg for; be a beggar, go begging

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  • 5 petō

        petō īvī and iī （perf. petīt, V., O; petīstī, C., V.; petīsse, C., O.; petīssem, C., L, O.), petītus, ere    [PET-], to strive for, seek, aim at, repair to, make for, travel to: summum locum, Cs.: maris oras: navīs, take refuge in, N.: Troia peteretur classibus, V.: caelum pennis, fly to, O.: Grais Phasi petite viris, visited by the Greeks, O.: ille Reginam petit, turns to, V.: campum petit amnis, V.: mons petit astra, rises to, O.— To fall upon, rush at, attack, assault, assail, fly at, aim at, thrust at: Indutiomarum, aim at, Cs.: cuius latus mucro ille petebat: non latus, sed caput, aim at: Tarquinium spiculo infeste, L.: Mālo me, throw an apple at, V.: cui petit ungue genas, O.: Vos turba saxis petens, stoning, H.—Fig., to attack, assail: me epistulā: uter ab utro petitus insidiis esset, L.— To demand, exact, require: ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus: poenas ab optimo quoque sui doloris, i. e. exact satisfaction.—To demand at law, sue for, claim: unde petitur... qui petit, the defendant... the plaintiff, T.: qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit: alienos fundos.— To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat: flentes pacem petere, Cs.: Curtio tribunatum a Caesare, ask for Curtius: a te pro Ligario, intercede with you for: reus ut absolvatur: a te, ut, etc.—Of office, to solicit, be a candidate: nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.: ambitiose regnum, L.— To woo, court, solicit: ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur, S.: illam, O.: virgo ad libidinem petita, L.— To pursue, seek, strive after, aim at: fugā salutem, Cs.: praedam pedibus, O.: gloriam, S.: eloquentiae principatum: bene vivere, H.: conubiis natam sociare Latinis, V.: ex hostium ducibus victoriam, over, L.: imperium ex victis hostibus, L.— To fetch, bring, elicit, obtain, wrest, draw: E flammā cibum, T.: custodem in vincula, V.: a litteris doloris oblivionem: latere petitus imo spiritus, H.: gemitūs alto de corde petiti, O.— To take, betake oneself to, repair to: alium cursum, take another route: aliam in partem fugam, betake themselves to flight, Cs.— To refer to, relate to: Troianos haec monstra petunt, V.
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    petere, petivi, petitus V
    attack; aim at; desire; beg, entreat, ask (for); reach towards, make for

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  • 6 pōscō

        pōscō popōscī, —, ere, inch.    [PREC-], to ask urgently, beg, demand, request, desire: Impius es cum poscis, ait: sed pensio clamat, Posce, beg, Iu.: Fauno immolare, Seu poscat agnā sīve malit haedo, if he require it, H.: argentum: pugnam, L.: peccatis veniam, H.: accusant ei, quos populus poscit, demands for punishment: dictatorem reum, require the prosecution of, L.: ego poscor Olympo, it is I that Olympus summons, V.: tua numina, invoke, V.: abs te litteras: parentes pretium pro sepulturā liberūm poscere: non ita creditum Poscis Quintilium deos, H.: Quid dedicatum poscit Apollinem Vates? H.: gravidae posceris exta bovis, they ask you for the entrails, O.: poscor meum Laelapa, they demand of me, O.: Parilia poscor, O.: poscimus, ut cenes civiliter, Iu.: poscat sibi fabula credi, H.: Esse sacerdotes delubraque vestra tueri Poscimus, O.: poscunt maioribus poculis (sc. bibere), challenge with larger goblets.—Of things, to make necessary, demand, require, need, call for: quod res poscere videbatur, Cs.: quod negotium poscebat, S.: terrae semina poscunt, V.
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    poscere, poposci, - V
    ask, demand

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  • 7 precor

        precor ātus, ārī, dep.    [prex], to ask, beg, entreat, pray, supplicate, request, call upon, beseech, sue: ita, ut precamini, eveniat: fata deūm flecti precando, V.: sororem dedisse Prusiae precanti, to the prayers of Prusias, L.: patris, precor, miserere, V.: Parce, precor, fasso, O.: di, ad quos precentur ac supplicent, at whose altars, L.: teque, Iuno, precor atque quaeso: quid veneramur, quid precamur deos: Nyctelium patrem precare, O.: haec precatus sum: veniam, V.: date quae precamur, H.: bona omnia populo R., L.: mortem, O.: quod precarer deos: quod deos precati eritis, L.: pro propinquo suo, Cu.: pro nobis mitte precari, O.: precor ab iis, ut patiantur, etc.: deos, ut, H.: venerunt precantes, ut a caedibus parceretur, L.: precare ne iubeant, etc., O.: quo minus ambo unā necaremini non precarere: Hoc quoque, dux operis, moneas, precor, O.: tandem venias precamur, H.: hoc a deis immortalibus precari, ut, etc., N.: a quibus bona precaremur, ab iis, etc.: numquam placidas esse precarer aquas, O.: tua esse precor, O.— To wish for, invoke upon, wish: ut sui cives salutem precentur: seram immortalitatem regi, Cu.: vobis mala: quod tibi evenit, ut omnes male precarentur, uttered curses.
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    precari, precatus sum V DEP
    beg/implore/entreat; wish/pray for/to; pray, supplicate, beseech

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  • 8 veneror

        veneror ātus, ārī, dep.    [VAN-], to reverence, worship, adore, revere, venerate: deos: simulacrum in precibus: eos in deorum numero: Larem Farre pio, V.—To revere, do homage to, reverence, honor: secundum deos nomen Romanum, L.: patris memoriam, Ta.: amicos, O.—To ask reverently, beseech, implore, beg, entreat, supplicate: nihil horum, H.: vos precor, veneror... uti victoriam prosperetis, etc., L.: Et venerata Ceres ita surgeret, i. e. honored with the prayer that she would spring up, etc., H.: cursūs dabit venerata secundos, V.
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    venerari, veneratus sum V DEP
    adore, revere, do homage to, honor, venerate; worship; beg, pray, entreat

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  • 9 depreco

    deprecare, deprecavi, deprecatus V
    avert by prayer; entreat/pray/beg; intercede/beg pardon/mercy/relief/exemption

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  • 10 deprecor

    deprecari, deprecatus sum V DEP
    avert by prayer; entreat/pray/beg; intercede/beg pardon/mercy/relief/exemption

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  • 11 deprecor

    I.
    to entreat for, beg for / intercede / curse.
    II.
    to beg by entreaty, to excuse oneself / curse.

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  • 12 mendico

    mendico, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., and mendīcor, ātus sum (archaio inf. mendicarier, Plaut. Capt. prol. 13), 1, v. dep. [id.], to beg, ask for alms, go a-begging; to beg for something, solicit, obtain by begging; constr. absol. and with acc. ( poet. and post-class.): mendicantem vivere, to [p. 1132] live by begging. Plaut. Capt 2, 2, 73:

    quando histrionem cogis mendicarier,

    id. ib. prol. 13;

    mendicum malim mendicando vincere,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 16.— Act.:

    a me mendicas malum,

    Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 12:

    aliquid mendicare,

    App. Mag. p. 287, 1.— Poet.:

    ejectis mendicat silva Camenis,

    i.e. is full of beggars, Juv. 3, 16.—Part. in pass. sense:

    mendicatus victa Karthagine panis,

    Juv. 10, 277.

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  • 13 mendicor

    mendico, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., and mendīcor, ātus sum (archaio inf. mendicarier, Plaut. Capt. prol. 13), 1, v. dep. [id.], to beg, ask for alms, go a-begging; to beg for something, solicit, obtain by begging; constr. absol. and with acc. ( poet. and post-class.): mendicantem vivere, to [p. 1132] live by begging. Plaut. Capt 2, 2, 73:

    quando histrionem cogis mendicarier,

    id. ib. prol. 13;

    mendicum malim mendicando vincere,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 16.— Act.:

    a me mendicas malum,

    Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 12:

    aliquid mendicare,

    App. Mag. p. 287, 1.— Poet.:

    ejectis mendicat silva Camenis,

    i.e. is full of beggars, Juv. 3, 16.—Part. in pass. sense:

    mendicatus victa Karthagine panis,

    Juv. 10, 277.

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  • 14 posco

    posco, pŏposci, 3 (old perf. peposci, Val. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9, 9), v. inch. a. [for porc-scere; Sanscr. root parkh- prakh-, to ask; cf.: precor, procus, procax], to ask for urgently; to beg, demand, request, desire (syn.: flagito, postulo, peto).
    I.
    In gen., constr. usually with aliquid, aliquem ( sibi): aliquid ab aliquo; also with a double acc., with ut, with inf., or with acc. and inf., or wholly absol.:

    poscere est secundum Varronem, quotiens aliquid pro merito nostro deposcimus: petere vero est cum aliquid humiliter et cum precibus postulamus,

    Serv. Verg. A. 9, 194.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    posco atque adeo flagito crimen,

    Cic. Planc. 19, 48; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 71:

    argentum,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 44;

    2, 3, 34, § 78: pugnam,

    Liv. 2, 45, 6: nec mi aurum posco, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 200 Vahl.):

    si quid poscam,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 10:

    pulvinos,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 29; id. Planc. 19, 48:

    vades poposcit,

    id. Rep. 2, 36, 61; cf.:

    audaciae partes Roscii sibi poposcerunt,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 35:

    peccatis veniam poscentem (preceded by postulare),

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 75.—
    (β).
    With ab:

    fac, ut audeat Tibi credere omnia, abs te petere et poscere,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 53: diem a praetore peposcit, Val. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9, 9:

    abs te litteras,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36; 2, 2, 47, § 117:

    tutorem ab aliquo,

    Suet. Aug. 94:

    bibere a me poscis,

    Vulg. Joann. 4, 9.—
    (γ).
    With a double acc.:

    parentes pretium pro sepulturā liberum poscere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7:

    magistratum nummos,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 17, §

    44: aliquem causam disserendi,

    id. Tusc. 3, 3, 7:

    claves portarum magistratus,

    Liv. 27, 24, 8:

    non ita creditum Poscis Quintilium deos,

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 12:

    cur me in decursu lampada poscis?

    Pers. 6, 61:

    poscenti vos rationem,

    Vulg. 1 Pet. 3, 15.—Hence, pass.: poscor aliquid, I am asked for something, something is asked or demanded of me ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    gravidae posceris exta bovis,

    they ask you for the entrails, Ov. F. 4, 670; cf.:

    poscor meum Laelapa,

    they demand of me my Lœlaps, id. M. 7, 771:

    nec tantum segetes alimentaque debita dives Poscebatur humus,

    id. ib. 1, 138:

    quod rationem pecuniae posceretur,

    Gell. 4, 18, 12; to be called upon or invoked to inspire a poet or to sing:

    aversus Apollo Poscitur invitā verba pigenda lyrā,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 76 (better reading poscis ab); cf. absol. Palilia poscor: Non poscor frustra;

    si favet alma Pales,

    Ov. F. 4, 721; so,

    poscimur Aonides,

    Ov. M. 5, 333:

    poscimur,

    Hor. C. 1, 32, 1.—
    (δ).
    With ut:

    poscimus, ut cenes civiliter,

    Juv. 5, 112:

    poscimus ut sit, etc.,

    id. 7, 71; Tac. H. 2, 39: poposcit, ut haec ipsa quaestio diligentius tractaretur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 21.—
    (ε).
    With inf. or acc. and inf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    poscat sibi fabula credit,

    Hor. A. P. 339; cf.:

    immolare Fauno, Seu poscat agnā sive malit haedo,

    id. C. 1, 4, 12:

    esse sacerdotes delubraque vestra tueri Poscimus,

    Ov. M. 8, 708:

    contraque occurrere poscunt,

    Val. Fl. 4, 194; Pers. 1, 128; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 151.—In prose:

    ego vero te etiam morari posco inter voluptates,

    Sen. Contr. 1, 8; Arn. 7, p. 254. So, too, perh. (acc. to Stephanus's conjecture):

    vos fallere poscunt,

    Rutil. Lup. Fig. 2, 19, p. 181 Frotsch.—
    (ζ).
    Ellipt.:

    poscunt majoribus poculis, sc. bibere,

    they challenge to drink from larger goblets, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66.—
    (η).
    Absol., to beg, be a beggar:

    improbus es, cum poscis, ait. Sed pensio clamat, posce,

    Juv. 9, 63 sq. —
    B.
    Of inanimate and abstract subjects, to demand, require, need:

    quod res poscere videbatur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    cum usus poscit,

    id. ib. 4, 2: quod negotium poscebat, Sail J. 56, 1; 70, 3; Quint. 11, 3, 162 et saep.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To demand for punishment, to ask the surrender of: accusant [p. 1403] ii, quos populus poscit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13; cf.:

    hujus tantae cladis auctor Annibal poscitur,

    Flor. 2, 6, 7:

    nec poscitur auctor,

    Sil. 2, 44:

    poscendum poenae juvenem jubebat,

    id. 1, 677; so Liv. 9, 26.—
    B.
    In gen., to call one (ante-class. and poet.):

    clamore hominem posco,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 5:

    gemitu Alciden,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1887.— Pass.: ego poscor Olympo ( dat. of agent), Olympus calls me, summons me to the combat, Verg. A. 8, 533:

    poscimur,

    Ov. M. 2, 144.—
    2.
    In partic., to call upon, invoke:

    supplex tua numina posco,

    Verg. A. 1, 666.—
    C.
    In selling.
    1.
    To ask, demand for a thing, to offer at a price:

    tanti quanti poscit, vin' tanti illam emi?

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 22: pro reliquis (libris) idem pretium poposcit, Varr. ap. Lact. 1, 6, 10.—
    2.
    To ask, bid, offer a price for a thing:

    agite licemini. Qui cenā poscit? ecqui poscit prandio?

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 68; id. Merc. 2, 3, 101; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 88.—
    D.
    To demand one's hand, ask in marriage:

    eam si jubes, frater, tibi me poscere, poscam,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 38:

    filiam tuam mihi uxorem posco,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 42:

    tibi permittam, posce, duce,

    id. Trin. 2, 2, 103:

    sine dote posco tuam sororem filio,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 98:

    tuam sororem uxorem alicui,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 49.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > posco

  • 15 quaeso

    quaeso, īvi or ĭi, 3, v. a. [old form of quaero; root kis-; Sanscr. cish-, to hunt out].
    I.
    To seek, to seek to obtain any thing (ante-class.):

    quaeso, ut significat idem, quod rogo, ita quaesere ponitur ab antiquis pro quaerere,

    Fest. p. 258 Müll.: nautisque mari quaesentibus vitam, Enn. ap. Fest. l. l: quaese adveniente morbo nunc medicum tibi, Plaut. ap. Non. 44, 30. —
    II.
    To beg, pray, beseech, entreat (class.; mostly in first pers. sing.; syn.: rogo, oro, obsecro, peto, precor).
    (α).
    With ut: Mars pater, te precor quaesoque, uti sies volens propitius mihi, etc., an ancient formula of prayer in Cato, R. R. 141, 2:

    aliquem ut redeat,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 1:

    te, Juppiter, quaeso, Amphitruoni ut semper iratus sies,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 52; id. Rud. 4, 7, 30; id. Trin. 1, 2, 52:

    deos, ut,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 11; Naev. ap. Donat. ad Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 5:

    peto quaesoque, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 4, 2:

    quaeso, ut eum diem memoriae mandetis,

    id. Quint. 6, 24:

    a te quaeso et peto, ut, etc.,

    id. Fam. 3, 2, 1:

    quaeso a vobis, ut, in hac causā, etc.,

    id. Arch. 2, 3:

    quaeso, hercle, ut liceat,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 13; Caecil. ap. Non. 154, 13; 515, 1:

    quaeso obtestorque, ne,

    Cic. Red. in Sen. 1, 1; Liv. 10, 13:

    id uti permittatis, quaesumus,

    id. 28, 39:

    precor quaesoque, ne, etc.,

    id. 23, 9, 2. —
    (β).
    With simple subj.:

    P. Decium quaeso mecum consulem faciatis,

    Liv. 10, 13.—
    (γ).
    Absol. (thrown parenthetically into the sentence): quaeso, quaesumus, I (or we) pray, beg, beseech; freq. as a mere intensive expression, prithee:

    quaeso, quotiens dicendumst tibi?

    Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 33:

    ubinam est, quaeso?

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 21:

    bona verba, quaeso,

    id. And. 1, 2, 33:

    tu, quaeso, crebro ad me scribe,

    Cic. Att. 7, 10, 10:

    nunc eadem illa, quaeso, audite,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 102:

    ipsum decretum, quaeso, cognoscite,

    id. Rosc. Am. 9, 25; id. Att. 7, 1, 2; 12, 29, 1; 12, 30, 2; 12, 35, 2;

    12, 44, 3: hoc, quaeso, judices, diligenter attendite,

    id. Quint. 9, 2, 56; id. Mil. 9, 23; id. Att. 15, 8, 2:

    quid, quaeso, interest inter unum et plures, si, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 39, 61:

    quamobrem aggredere, quaesumus, etc.,

    id. Leg. 1, 2, 6: quaeso, etiamne tu has ineptias, I beseech you, for Heaven ' s sake, id. Fam. 3, 7, 5. —
    (δ).
    With acc. of object sought:

    non divom pacem votis adit ac prece quaesit,

    Lucr. 5, 1229.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > quaeso

  • 16 appellō (adp-)

        appellō (adp-) āvī    （perf. subj. appellāssis for appellāveris, T.), ātus, āre, to address, speak to, apply to, accost: patrem, T.: virum, O.: milites alius alium laeti appellant, S.: a Viridomaro appellatus, Cs.: ne appellato quidem eo, without speaking to him, Ta.: nomine sponsum, L.: hominem verbo graviore: crebris nos litteris, write to often: legatos superbius: centuriones nominatim, Cs. — To call upon, apply to, entreat, request, beg, advise: vos: qui deus appellandus est?: quem appellet, habebat neminem: quos appellem? S.: de proditione alqm, approach, tamper with, L.: appellatus est a Flavio, ut... vellet, N.—In law, to call upon, appeal to: a praetore tribunos: regem, L.: praetor appellatur: de aestimatione appellare, Cs.—To make a demand upon, dun, press: me ut sponsorem: appellatus es de pecuniā: mercedem, claim, Iu.—To sue, complain of, accuse, summon: ne alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem. — To call by name, term, name, entitle: me istoc nomine, T.: multi appellandi, called by name: alquos hoc loco, mention: te patrem, T.: unum te sapientem: quem nautae adpellant Lichan, O.: victorem Achaten, V.: id ab re interregnum appellatum, L.: rex ab suis appellatur, Cs.: appellata est ex viro virtus.—To utter, pronounce: nomen: litteras.

    Latin-English dictionary > appellō (adp-)

  • 17 crepīdō

        crepīdō inis, f    [crepida], a foundation of masonry, base: tamquam crepidine quādam sustineri.—A causeway, mole, pier: omnes urbis: saxi, V.: haud faciliori ascensu, L.: magnae molis, Cu.: Nulla crepido vacat (to beg on), Iu.
    * * *
    pedestal/base/foundation; dam, retaining wall, bank; pier/quay, sidewalk; rim

    Latin-English dictionary > crepīdō

  • 18 dē-precor

        dē-precor ātus, ārī, dep.,    to avert by prayer, deprecate, plead against, beg to escape, seek to avoid: ullam ab sese calamitatem: a me patriae querimoniam: nullum genus supplici: mortem, Cs.: inimici imperium, S.: sui periculi deprecandi facultas, Cs.: ignominiam, L.: primum deprecor, ne me, etc.: unum, ne se armis despoliaret, Cs.: non deprecor, quin, etc., Ct.: illam, i. e. curse, Ct.—To pray, plead with, apply to, solicit, offer a plea: quem deprecarere?: patres, ne festinarent decernere, L.: errasse regem deprecati sunt, plead in excuse, S.: pro filio patres deprecamur: neque illum se deprecari, quo minus pergat, L.: roget, deprecetur: merui, nec deprecor, inquit, V.—Supin. acc.: ad me deprecatum venire.—To pray for, intercede in behalf of: multorum vitam a Sullā: quos ad pacem deprecandam miserat: me a vobis.

    Latin-English dictionary > dē-precor

  • 19 ex-pōscō

        ex-pōscō popōscī, —, ere,    to ask earnestly, beg, request, entreat, implore: quam (misericordiam): signum proeli, Cs.: pacem precibus, L.: pacem Teucris (dat.), V.: alqd deos, L.: Aenean acciri, V.: audire labores, V.: precibus plebem, sibi civem donarent, L.—To demand, require the surrender of, claim (as a prisoner, or for punishment): ad exposcendos eos missi, L.: ab Atheniensibus exposci publice, N.: alqm ad poenam, Ta.

    Latin-English dictionary > ex-pōscō

  • 20 implōrō (in-pl-)

        implōrō (in-pl-) āvī, ātus, āre    [in+ploro], to invoke with tears: nomen filii (i. e. filium nomine). —To call to help, call for aid, appeal to, invoke, beseech, entreat, implore: alqm: deos deasque omnīs: milites, ne, etc., Cs.: fidem vostram, T.: cuius hominis fides imploranda est?: iura libertatis.—To pray for, beg earnestly, implore: auxilium a populo R., Cs.: auxilium urbi, L.: Caelestīs aquas doctā prece, H.: Romanos imploratos auxilium, etc., L.: cum me res p. implorarit.

    Latin-English dictionary > implōrō (in-pl-)

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