peto

See also: petó, Peťo, and pęto

Esperanto

Noun

peto (accusative singular peton, plural petoj, 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

Inflection of peto (Kotus type 1/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative		peto	pedot
genitive		pedon	petojen
partitive		petoa	petoja
illative		petoon	petoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		peto	pedot
accusative	nom.	peto	pedot
	gen.	pedon
genitive		pedon	petojen
partitive		petoa	petoja
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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.to/, [ˈpeːt̪o]
• Hyphenation: pé‧to

Noun

peto m (plural peti)

1. fart, toot

See also

• flato
• loffa
• scorreggia
• vescia

Anagrams

• poté, tope

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to fall; fly”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέτομαι (pétomai, “I fly”), Sanskrit पतति (pátati), Avestan Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‏ (pataiti) and Old Armenian թիռ (tʿiṙ, “flight, desire”). See English feather, pen for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.toː/, [ˈpɛ.toː]

Verb

petō (present infinitive petere, perfect active petīvī, supine petītum); third conjugation

1. I ask, beg, request.
2. I make for (somewhere).
3. I seek, aim at, desire.

   Auxilium deorum peto.

   I am seeking the help of the gods.

   Altiora peto.

   I seek higher things.

4. I beg, beseech.
5. I attack.

   Petere aliquem hasta.

   To attack someone with a spear.

6. (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

Conjugation of peto (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	petō	petis	petit	petimus	petitis	petunt
	imperfect	petēbam	petēbās	petēbat	petēbāmus	petēbātis	petēbant
	future	petam	petēs	petet	petēmus	petētis	petent
	perfect	petīvī	petīvistī, petīsti1	petīvit	petīvimus	petīvistis, petīstis1	petīvērunt, petīvēre
	pluperfect	petīveram	petīverās	petīverat	petīverāmus	petīverātis	petīverant
	future perfect	petīverō	petīveris	petīverit	petīverimus	petīveritis	petīverint
passive	present	petor	peteris, petere	petitur	petimur	petiminī	petuntur
	imperfect	petēbar	petēbāris, petēbāre	petēbātur	petēbāmur	petēbāminī	petēbantur
	future	petar	petēris, petēre	petētur	petēmur	petēminī	petentur
	perfect	petītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	petītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	petītus + future active 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, petīssem1	petīvissēs, petīsses1	petīvisset, petīsset1	petīvissēmus, petīssemus1	petīvissētis, petīssetis1	petīvissent, petīssent1
passive	present	petar	petāris, petāre	petātur	petāmur	petāminī	petantur
	imperfect	peterer	peterēris, peterēre	peterētur	peterēmur	peterēminī	peterentur
	perfect	petītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	petītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pete	—	—	petite	—
	future	—	petitō	petitō	—	petitōte	petuntō
passive	present	—	petere	—	—	petiminī	—
	future	—	petitor	petitor	—	—	petuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		petere	petīvisse, petīsse1	petītūrus esse	petī	petītus esse	petītum īrī
participles		petēns	—	petītūrus	—	petītus	petendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		petere	petendī	petendō	petendum	petītum	petītū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Terms derived from peto

• appetō
• competō
• expetō

• hērēdipeta
• impetō
• lucripeta

• perpetuus
• petessō
• petītiō

• petulāns
• petulcus
• repetō

Descendants

• Asturian: pedir
• English: petition, centripetal
• Galician: pedir
• Italian: pezzire, pezzente

• Portuguese: pedir
• Romanian: peți, pețire
• Sardinian: pedire, pètere
• Spanish: pedir

References

• peto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• peto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to go to a plac: petere locum
    
  • to apply to a person for advice: consilium petere ab aliquo
    
  • to borrow instances from history: exempla petere, repetere a rerum gestarum memoria or historiarum (annalium, rerum gestarum) monumentis
    
  • to quote Socrates as a model of virtue: a Socrate exemplum virtutis petere, repetere
    
  • to derive an argument from a thing: argumentum ducere, sumere ex aliqua re or petere ab aliqua re
    
  • to ask for an oracular response: oraculum petere (ab aliquo)
    
  • to ask a hearing, audience, interview: aditum conveniendi or colloquium petere
    
  • to use some one's unpopularity as a means of making oneself popular: ex invidia alicuius auram popularem petere (Liv. 22. 26)
    
  • to seek office: petere magistratum, honores
    
  • to exact a penalty from some one: poenam petere, repetere ab aliquo
    
  • to give furlough, leave of absence to soldiers: commeatum militibus dare (opp. petere)
    
  • to beg for mercy from the conqueror: salutem petere a victore
    
  • to seek safety in flight: fuga salutem petere
    

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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 tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.