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English
Etymology
Latin
Noun
petitor (plural petitors)
- (law) The claimant or plaintiff in ancient legal systems.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
petō + -tor.
Pronunciation
Noun
petītor m (genitive petītōris); third declension
- seeker, striver
- applicant, candidate
- claimant, plaintiff
- suitor, wooer
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Verb
petitor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of petō
References
- “petitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “petitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- petitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “petitor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “petitor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin