postulo

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See also: postuló and postulò

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Verb

postulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of postular

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. demand

Italian

Pronunciation

Verb

postulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of postulare

Latin

Etymology

From poscō (“beg, demand, request, desire”) , from Proto-Italic *porskō, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥(ḱ)sḱéti.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to demand, ask, request, desire
    Synonyms: petō, poscō
  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,
postulāvēre,
postulārunt1
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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives postulāre postulāvisse,
postulāsse1 		postulātūrum esse postulārī postulātum esse postulātum īrī
participles postulāns — postulātūrus — postulātus postulandus
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.

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Descendants

References

  • “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, 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

 

  • Hyphenation: pos‧tu‧lo

Verb

postulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of postular

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /posˈtulo/
  • Rhymes: -ulo
  • Syllabification: pos‧tu‧lo

Verb

postulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of postular
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