postulo

See also: postuló and postulò

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [pusˈtu.lu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pusˈtu.lo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [posˈtu.lo]

Verb

postulo

1. first-person singular present indicative of postular

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto postuli

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *-os

Old Latin -os

Latin -um

Italian -oder.

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Latin -um

Spanish -oder.

Ancient Greek -οι (-oi)der.

Esperanto -o

Esperanto postulo

From postuli (“to require, claim, demand”) + -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /posˈtulo/

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• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification: pos‧tu‧lo

Noun

postulo (accusative singular postulon, plural postuloj, accusative plural postulojn)

1. demand

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.tu.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɔstulo
• Hyphenation: pò‧stu‧lo

Verb

postulo

1. first-person singular present indicative of postulare

Latin

Etymology

Related to poscō (“to beg, demand, request, desire”):

• Perhaps derived from *post-, an unattested supine stem of poscō, from *poskt-, itself from earlier *porkt- + diminutive endings; compare ustulō.
• Alternatively, derived from *postulum, from Proto-Italic *porsk-tlom (see *-klom); compare postiliō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔs.tʊ.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔs.tu.lo]

Verb

postulō (present infinitive postulāre, perfect active postulāvī, supine postulātum); first conjugation

1. to demand, ask, request, desire

   Synonyms: petō, poscō

   • 59 BCE, Cicero, Pro Flacco 26:

     Quod quidem ego nōn modo nōn postulō, sed contrā, iūdicēs, vōs ōrō et obtestor ut tōtam causam quam maximē intentīs oculīs, ut aiunt, acerrimē contemplēminī.

     But I not only do not ask that, gentlemen, but on the contrary, I beg and beseech you to the best of your ability to examine the whole case most closely and with steady eyes, as the saying goes.

2. to pretend, claim
3. to prosecute, accuse, impeach, sue
4. (of things) to contain, measure
5. (of things) to need, require, call for, demand

Conjugation

   Conjugation of postulō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	postulō		postulās		postulat		postulāmus		postulātis		postulant
	imperfect	postulābam		postulābās		postulābat		postulābāmus		postulābātis		postulābant
	future	postulābō		postulābis		postulābit		postulābimus		postulābitis		postulābunt
	perfect	postulāvī		postulāvistī, postulāstī1		postulāvit, postulāt1		postulāvimus, postulāmus1		postulāvistis, postulāstis1		postulāvērunt, postulārunt, postulāvēre1
	pluperfect	postulāveram, postulāram1		postulāverās, postulārās1		postulāverat, postulārat1		postulāverāmus, postulārāmus1		postulāverātis, postulārātis1		postulāverant, postulārant1
	future perfect	postulāverō, postulārō1		postulāveris, postulāris1		postulāverit, postulārit1		postulāverimus, postulārimus1		postulāveritis, postulāritis1		postulāverint, postulārint1
passive	present	postulor		postulāris, postulāre		postulātur		postulāmur		postulāminī		postulantur
	imperfect	postulābar		postulābāris, postulābāre		postulābātur		postulābāmur		postulābāminī		postulābantur
	future	postulābor		postulāberis, postulābere		postulābitur		postulābimur		postulābiminī		postulābuntur
	perfect	postulātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	postulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	postulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	postulem		postulēs		postulet		postulēmus		postulētis		postulent
	imperfect	postulārem		postulārēs		postulāret		postulārēmus		postulārētis		postulārent
	perfect	postulāverim, postulārim1		postulāverīs, postulārīs1		postulāverit, postulārit1		postulāverīmus, postulārīmus1		postulāverītis, postulārītis1		postulāverint, postulārint1
	pluperfect	postulāvissem, postulāssem1		postulāvissēs, postulāssēs1		postulāvisset, postulāsset1		postulāvissēmus, postulāssēmus1		postulāvissētis, postulāssētis1		postulāvissent, postulāssent1
passive	present	postuler		postulēris, postulēre		postulētur		postulēmur		postulēminī		postulentur
	imperfect	postulārer		postulārēris, postulārēre		postulārētur		postulārēmur		postulārēminī		postulārentur
	perfect	postulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	postulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		postulā		—		—		postulāte		—
	future	—		postulātō		postulātō		—		postulātōte		postulantō
passive	present	—		postulāre		—		—		postulāminī		—
	future	—		postulātor		postulātor		—		—		postulantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		postulāre			postulārī			postulāns			—
future		postulātūrum esse			postulātum īrī			postulātūrus			postulandus
perfect		postulāvisse, postulāsse1			postulātum esse			—			postulātus
future perfect		—			postulātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		postulātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		postulandī		postulandō		postulandum		postulandō		postulātum		postulātū

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

Derived terms

• appostulō
• dēpostulō
• expostulō
• postulārius
• postulātīcius
• postulātiō
• postulātor
• postulātus

Descendants

• English: postulate
• Esperanto: postuli
• French: postuler
• Italian: postulare
• Portuguese: postular
• Spanish: postular

Further reading

• “postulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “postulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “postulo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to require, give, take time for deliberation: tempus (spatium) deliberandi or ad deliberandum postulare, dare, sibi sumere
    
  • to demand 48 per cent: quaternas centesimas postulare (Att. 5. 21. 11)
    
  • to accuse a person of extortion (to recover the sums extorted): postulare aliquem repetundarum or de repetundis
    

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /posˈtu.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /posˈtu.lu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʃˈtu.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puʃˈtu.lu/

• Hyphenation: pos‧tu‧lo

Verb

postulo

1. first-person singular present indicative of postular

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /posˈtulo/ [posˈt̪u.lo]
• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification: pos‧tu‧lo

Verb

postulo

1. first-person singular present indicative of postular