petisse
Dictionary entries
- Entry →petisso, petissere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
long for, strive after;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →peto, petere, petivi, petitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
attack; aim at; desire; beg, entreat, ask (for); reach towards, make for;
perf. act. infin. - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...summota per conscios centuriones turba signum more militiae petisse et Gaio "Iovem" dante Chaeream exclamasse: "accipe ratum!" Respicientique..."Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...expeditionibus tessellata et sectilia pavimenta circumtulisse. Britanniam petisse spe margaritarum, quarum amplitudinem conferentem interdum sua manu exegisse pondus..."Terence
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE POETIS
"...Martiis admonitum ab uxore temperius ut discumberet petisse ab ea ne interpellaret, seroque tandem ingressum triclinium dixisse..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pectora movit 'quod petis hinc, propiore loco, Romane, petisses, et pete nunc propiore loco: nec Apolline vobis..."Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...leviter voluisse videbor, aut etiam temptasse illum insidiisque petisse, vel certe non hoc, qui plurimus urget et urit..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...magna videntur, ex illis scopulis, ubi erant adfixa, petisses. nunc sine, qui petiit, per quem haec non orba..."Liber VIII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...auxiliarios pedites in omnes partes mittit quascumque petisse dicebantur hostes; nec frustra: nam plerumque magna praeda potiti nostri..."Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...Capua et vicina Vesevo Nola iugo; postea Vergilium petisse a Nolanis, aquam uti duceret in propincum rus, Nolanos..."