peto

See also petó

Esperanto

Noun

peto (plural petoj, accusative singular peton, accusative plural petojn)

1. behest, request

Related terms

• peti

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Finnish

Noun

peto

1. meat-eating beast, predator
2. carnivore
3. monster

Declension

Declension of peto (type valo) singular plural nominative peto pedot genitive pedon petojen partitive petoa petoja accusative peto pedon pedot inessive pedossa pedoissa elative pedosta pedoista illative petoon petoihin adessive pedolla pedoilla ablative pedolta pedoilta allative pedolle pedoille essive petona petoina translative pedoksi pedoiksi instructive – pedoin abessive pedotta pedoitta comitative – petoineen

Synonyms

• (carnivore): petoeläin
• (monster): hirviö

Derived terms

• petomainen

Anagrams

• opet

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin peditum.

Noun

peto m (plural peti)

1. fart

Anagrams

• poté, tope

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to fall; fly”). Cognates include Sanskrit पतति (pátati), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (pataiti), Old Armenian թիռ (tʿiṙ).

See English feather, pen for more.

Verb

present active petō, present infinitive petere, perfect active petīvī, supine petītum.

1. I make for (somewhere).
2. I seek, aim at, desire.

   Auxilium deorum peto.

   I am seeking the help of the gods.

3. I beg, beseech.
4. I attack.

   Petere aliquem hasta.

   To attack someone with a spear.

5. (ecclesiastical) To missionize or proselytize among the people of a place

   Peter Romam Marcus Alexandriam petit.

   Peter proselytized in Rome; Mark, in Alexandria. (Bede, Chronica Minor)

Inflection

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	petō	petis	petit	petimus	petitis	petunt
	future	petam	petēs	petet	petēmus	petētis	petent
	imperfect	petēbam	petēbās	petēbat	petēbāmus	petēbātis	petēbant
	perfect	petīvī	petīvistī	petīvit	petīvimus	petīvistis	petīvērunt
	future perfect	petīverō	petīveris	petīverit	petīverimus	petīveritis	petīverint
	pluperfect	petīveram	petīverās	petīverat	petīverāmus	petīverātis	petīverant
passive	present	petor	peteris	petitur	petimur	petiminī	petuntur
	future	petar	petēris	petētur	petēmur	petēminī	petentur
	imperfect	petēbar	petēbāris	petēbātur	petēbāmur	petēbāminī	petēbantur
	perfect	Use petītus m, petīta f, petītum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use petītus m, petīta f, petītum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use petītus m, petīta f, petītum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	petam	petās	petat	petāmus	petātis	petant
	imperfect	peterem	peterēs	peteret	peterēmus	peterētis	peterent
	perfect	petīverim	petīverīs	petīverit	petīverīmus	petīverītis	petīverint
	pluperfect	petīvissem	petīvissēs	petīvisset	petīvissēmus	petīvissētis	petīvissent
passive	present	petar	petāris	petātur	petāmur	petāminī	petantur
	imperfect	peterer	peterēris	peterētur	peterēmur	peterēminī	peterentur
	perfect	Use petītus m, petīta f, petītum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use petītus m, petīta f, petītum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	pete	petitō	petitō	petere	petitor	petitor
	plural	petite	petitōte	petuntō	petiminī	—	petuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		petere	petīvisse	petītūrus esse	petī	petītus esse	petītum īrī
participles		petēns (petentis)	—	petītūrus-ra, -rum	—	petītus-a, -um	petendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

• competō
• impetō
• petulāns
• repetō

Descendants

• English: centripetal
• Portuguese: pedir
• Romanian: peți
• Spanish: pedir

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Spanish

Etymology

From Italian petto (“chest, breast”), from Latin pectus, whence also Spanish pecho.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpe̞.to̞/

Noun

peto m (plural petos)

1. bib
2. breastplate
3. shirtfront
4. (zoology) plastron
5. (historical) plastron
6. (sports) chest pad

Synonyms

• (bib): babero m, pechero m
• (breastplate, chest pad): pectoral m
• (shirtfront): pechera f
• (plastron): plastrón (zoology) m

References

"peto" in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición (Dictionary of the Spanish Language, Twenty-Second Edition), Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy), 2001.