petiturio
Latin
Etymology
From petō (“petition, entreat”) + -turiō (desiderative suffix)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛ.tiːˈtʊ.ri.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pe.t̪iˈt̪uː.ri.o]
Verb
petīturiō (present infinitive petīturīre); fourth conjugation, no perfect or supine stems
- (rare, Classical Latin) to desire to sue for office, long to become a candidate
- 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 1.14.7:
- videō hominem valdē petīturīre
- I see a man strongly desiring to sue for office
- videō hominem valdē petīturīre
Conjugation
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | petīturiō | petīturīs | petīturit | petīturīmus | petīturītis | petīturiunt | ||||||
| imperfect | petīturiēbam | petīturiēbās | petīturiēbat | petīturiēbāmus | petīturiēbātis | petīturiēbant | |||||||
| future | petīturiam | petīturiēs | petīturiet | petīturiēmus | petīturiētis | petīturient | |||||||
| passive | present | petīturior | petīturīris, petīturīre |
petīturītur | petīturīmur | petīturīminī | petīturiuntur | ||||||
| imperfect | petīturiēbar | petīturiēbāris, petīturiēbāre |
petīturiēbātur | petīturiēbāmur | petīturiēbāminī | petīturiēbantur | |||||||
| future | petīturiar | petīturiēris, petīturiēre |
petīturiētur | petīturiēmur | petīturiēminī | petīturientur | |||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | petīturiam | petīturiās | petīturiat | petīturiāmus | petīturiātis | petīturiant | ||||||
| imperfect | petīturīrem | petīturīrēs | petīturīret | petīturīrēmus | petīturīrētis | petīturīrent | |||||||
| passive | present | petīturiar | petīturiāris, petīturiāre |
petīturiātur | petīturiāmur | petīturiāminī | petīturiantur | ||||||
| imperfect | petīturīrer | petīturīrēris, petīturīrēre |
petīturīrētur | petīturīrēmur | petīturīrēminī | petīturīrentur | |||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | — | petīturī | — | — | petīturīte | — | ||||||
| future | — | petīturītō | petīturītō | — | petīturītōte | petīturiuntō | |||||||
| passive | present | — | petīturīre | — | — | petīturīminī | — | ||||||
| future | — | petīturītor | petīturītor | — | — | petīturiuntor | |||||||
| non-finite forms | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
| present | petīturīre | petīturīrī | petīturiēns | — | |||||||||
| future | — | — | — | petīturiendus, petīturiundus | |||||||||
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||||||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||||||||
| petīturiendī | petīturiendō | petīturiendum | petīturiendō | — | — | ||||||||
Further reading
- “petiturio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “petiturio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers