postulatus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pos.tuˈlaː.tus/, [pɔs̠t̪ʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pos.tuˈla.tus/, [post̪uˈläːt̪us]

Etymology 1

From postulō (“to demand”).

Noun

postulātus m (genitive postulātūs); fourth declension

1. (law) claim, demand, suit
2. request

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	postulātus	postulātūs
Genitive	postulātūs	postulātuum
Dative	postulātuī	postulātibus
Accusative	postulātum	postulātūs
Ablative	postulātū	postulātibus
Vocative	postulātus	postulātūs

Related terms

• postulārius
• postulātiō
• postulātor
• postulātum
• postulātīcius
• postulō

 

Descendants

• → Russian: постула́т (postulát)

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of postulō.

Participle

postulātus (feminine postulāta, neuter postulātum); first/second-declension participle

1. requested, demanded
2. prosecuted, sued

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	postulātus	postulāta	postulātum		postulātī	postulātae	postulāta
Genitive	postulātī	postulātae	postulātī		postulātōrum	postulātārum	postulātōrum
Dative	postulātō		postulātō		postulātīs
Accusative	postulātum	postulātam	postulātum		postulātōs	postulātās	postulāta
Ablative	postulātō	postulātā	postulātō		postulātīs
Vocative	postulāte	postulāta	postulātum		postulātī	postulātae	postulāta

References

• “postulatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “postulatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• postulatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• postulatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• postulatus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016