peto

See also: petó

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)

		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		pedolleˣ	pedoilleˣ
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, toot

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.

Pronunciation

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

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

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	petīvit	petīvimus	petīvistis	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	petīvissēs	petīvisset	petīvissēmus	petīvissētis	petīvissent
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	petītūrus esse	petī	petītus esse	petītum īrī
participles		petēns	—	petītūrus	—	petītus	petendus

Derived terms

• appetō
• competō
• impetō
• petulāns
• repetō

Descendants

• English: petition, 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^(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 segunda edición (Dictionary of the Spanish Language, Twenty-Second Edition), Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy), 2001.