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Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of petō (“I ask, beg, attack”).
Participle
petēns (genitive petentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- desiring
- attacking
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- petens 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)
- petens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to accede to a man's petitions: alicui petenti satisfacere, non deesse
- to refuse, reject a request: petenti alicui negare aliquid