petitor

petitor

English

Etymology

From Latin petītor.

Noun

petitor (plural petitors)

  1. (law) The claimant or plaintiff in ancient legal systems.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

    From petō + -tor.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    petītor m (genitive petītōris); third declension

    1. seeker, striver
    2. applicant, candidate
    3. claimant, plaintiff
    4. suitor, wooer

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative petītor petītōrēs
    genitive petītōris petītōrum
    dative petītōrī petītōribus
    accusative petītōrem petītōrēs
    ablative petītōre petītōribus
    vocative petītor petītōrēs

    Verb

    petitor

    1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of petō

    References

    • petitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • petitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • petitor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • petitor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • petitor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin