petitio
Latin > English
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pĕtītĭo: ōnis, f. peto.
I 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.—
B 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.—
II 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.—
2 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.—
B In partic.
1 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.—
2 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.—
3 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pĕtītĭō,¹⁰ ōnis, f. (peto),
1 attaque, assaut, botte : petitiones corpore effugere Cic. Cat. 1, 15, esquiver les coups, les bottes par un simple mouvement du corps || [fig.] Cic. Or. 228 ; Cæcil. 44
2 demande, requête : Plin. 29, 66 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 10, 7, 1
3 candidature, action de briguer : petitio nostra Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1, ma candidature ; consulatus Cic. Br. 166, candidature au consulat
4 demande en justice, réclamation [en droit privé] : Cic. Com. 56 ; Quint. 4, 4, 6 || droit de réclamation : Cic. Br. 18.
Latin > German (Georges)
petītio, ōnis, f. (peto), das Langen nach jmd. od. etw., I) eig., und zwar als t. t. der Fechterspr., der Angriff, Hieb, Stoß (vgl. Serv. Verg. Aen. 9, 439), im Bilde, tuas petitiones ita coniectas (geführt), ut vitari posse non viderentur, parvā quādam declinatione et, ut aiunt, corpore effugi, Cic. Cat. 1, 15. – u. so v. Redner u. v. der Rede, sic orator nec plagam gravem facit, nisi petitio fuerit apta, nec satis recte declinat impetum, nisi etiam in cedendo quid deceat intellegit, Cic. or. 228: novi omnes hominis petitiones (Angriffsweisen, Gänge) rationesque dicendi, Cic. div. in Caecil. 44: orationis autem ipsius tamquam armorum est vel ad usum comminatio et quasi petitio, Cic. de or. 3, 206. – II) übtr.: A) das Verlangen, 1) das bittende, das Bitten, Anhalten, Ansuchen um etwas, das Gesuch, a) übh., p. indutiarum, Liv.: huic petitioni tuae negare (civitatem) non sustineo, Traian. in Plin. ep.: petitionem saepe impetratio sequitur, Donat. Ter. Andr. 2, 1, 15: Plur., petitiones a potestatibus, Gesuche bei Machthabern, Plin. 29, 66. – b) insbes., das Anhalten um ein Amt, die Bewerbung, honorum, Cic.: p. consulatus, Caes.: dare se petitioni, Cic., od. ad petitionem descendere, Quint., sich um ein Amt bewerben: desistere petitione u. de petitione, Liv.: petitione honorum abstinere, Tac. – 2) das gerichtliche, a) der Anspruch, die Klage, in Privat-od. Zivilsachen (während accusatio die Anklage in Kriminalsachen), p. hereditatis, ICt.: p. pecuniae, Quint.: absol., Cic. u. ICt. – b) meton., das Anspruchsrecht, Forderungsrecht, cuius sit petitio, Cic.: habere petitionem ab alqo, ICt. – 3) das fiskalische, die Einforderung, Plur., Tac. ann. 13, 51. – B) das Trachten nach etw., rerum cuiuscemodi plurimarum cogitatio et petitio, Gell. 11, 16, 8.