To aske humbly: to desire to haue: to couet: to seeke for: to make sute or labor for: to take or choose out: to strike: to profer to strike: to offer to giue a blow: to assault or set vpon violÊtly: to get or attaine: to lay waite: to go to: to rehearse or mention. Petere ab aliquo, & eum rogare. Ci. Mliorem in modum peto atque contendo, vt, &c. Cicer. I pray and drsire you most hartily, that, &c. Precibus omnibus petere. Cæsar. To desire as earnestly as one can possibly. Precario aliquid petere. Liui. To desire in way of intreaty. Cupidè petere aliquid. Hor. Cupidissime aliquid petere. Cæsar. Cupienter petere. Plaut. Statim petere. Cic. Instanter petere. Plin. iun. Supplex te peto. Virg. I humbly desire you. Per amicitiam petere. Hor. To destre for the friendshippes sake that is betweene vs. Habes tota quod mente petisti. Vir. Aliquid apertè petere. Cic. Aequa petere. Ouid. Auxilium petere. Ter. Auxilium sibi per me vobis petunt. Cice. They wil me in their behalfe to sue to you to helpe them. Petere auxilium contra aliquem. Cæsar. Auxilium & vestras manus peto. Cic. Beneuolentiam indicis petere. Quint. ColloquiÛ petere. Cæs. To require to cõmon or talke with. Fidei commissum petere. Quint. To require that he left in ones handes to keepe. Congressus alicuius petere. Vir. To desire to come togither and talke with one. Consilium petere. Cic. Petere diem colloquio. Liu. To require a day of talke to be appointed. Exilium petere. Lucan. Fauorem propensum petijt voce sollicita. Ouid. Fidem pacis petijt. Ouid. Certum voto pete finem. Hor. With for some certaine end. Gratiam petere. Cæsar. Hospitium requiemque peto. Ouid. Mortem ardentiore studio petere, Ci. With more earneste affection to with for death. Petere mutuurn. Plaut. To borrow. Opem petere. Cic. Oracula petere Dec. Cic. Pacem passis manibus, & suppliciter petere. Cæs. Præmium petere. Cæsar. Præsidium ab aliquo petere. C. Requiem exiguã petit. Ouid. Responsa petere Deo. Pli. Sanguinem & vitam alicuius petere. Cicero. To seeke ones destruction and death. Tempus inane peto. Virg. Venam petere. Cæsar. To aske pardon. Veniam petere errato. Cic. To destee pardon for his offÊce. Virtutem petere. Hor. Petere alicui, pro Petere pro aliquo. Vi. To desire for one. Petere alicui dispensationem. Suet. Missionem militibus petere. Tac. To desire that the souldiours may be dismissed, or haue license to depart. Consulatum petere, pro appetere, vel ambire. Ci. To labour or sue for the Consulship. Coningium petere. Ouid. To wooe to marie. Decus & pretium petere. Hor. Inde gloriam petijt. Pli. He got glorie thereby. Honores petere. Q. Ci. To tande for offices. Imperium ac summatum sibi petere. Lucr. To seke to haue the empire and chiefe rule. Petir gemellus nuptias Maronillæ. Martial. Præturam petere. Cic. To labout to be pretour. Principatum eloquentiæ petere. Ci. To seeke to be in eloqoÊce excellent. Thalamos alicuius petere. Ouid. Petere somnÛ. Quin. To go to sleepe: to lie downe to sleepe. Amplexum alicuius petere. Virg. To go to embrace one. Vultu tacito petit oscula. Lucan. MortÊ petunt per vulnera. Vir. They secke death by wounds. Iam Horatius cæso Hoste victor secundam pugnã petebat. Li. Horatius haning slaine one, went to fight with the seconde. Petere pœnas ab aliquo. Ci. To seeke meanes to be renenged of one. Hereditatem ex teslamento petere. Ci. To sue for. Pecuniam non ex tabulis tuis, sed aduersarijs petere. Ci. Sedes apibus, statióq; petenda, id est eligenda. Vir. You must seeke or choose out a place for. Petere cibum. Ter. Rogasse vellem, vnde mihi peterem cibÛ. I would haue asked him where I should get my mcate. E flamma te petere cibum posse arbitror. Teten. I thinke thee so poore a knaue that to gette a morsel of meate thou wouldest thrust thy nose in the sire. Non vt ab his medicinam perpetuam, sed vt exiguam doloris obliuionem petam. Cic. Not to haue or get thereby a perpetnal remedie, but a little occasion for the time to forgette my sorrow. Argumentum hoc Epicurus paruis petiuit. Cicer. Epicurus tooke this argument, &c. Consilium seipso petere. Quint. Delectatio sola ex his studijs petitur. Cic. Delectation only is taken out of these studies. Exempla ex summorum hominum factis petere. Ci. To take examples. Longè petere exempla. Lucan. Paulò longius exordiÛ rei demõstrãdæ petã. C. I wil take my beginning to declare this matrer somewhat more deepelye. Initium natura petere. Ci. To beginne at nature. Laudem è macello petere. Ci. To seeke to get praise by. Originem summi boni primo otu animantium petere. C. To seeke the beginning of blissefolnesse at, &c. A philosophorum scholisvirtutis præcepta petere. Quint. Principia rei bene gerendæ natura petere. Cic. Risum ex aliquo petere. Quint. Altè suspiliÛ petere. Pla. To sigh from % bottome of his hart. Turduli iura Cordubam petunt. Plin. They resorte to Corduba for suites in the law. Petunt igitur in Elymæos arborem cupresso similÊ. Pl. They go as farre as Elymæi to fetch a tree like Cypres. Petere aliquid in nubila. Plinius. To go vp into the clouds to fetch a thing. Volumina in Dardani sepulchrum petita Pl. Volumnes fetchr or sought as far as Dardanus his sepulchre. Petere aliquid ad Aethopias vsque. Plin. To fetch a thing euen as farre as Ethsope. Vltra Phasidem amnem aliquid petere, Plin. To fetch a thing beyond &c. Trans mare aliquid petere. Plin. To go beyond the sca to fetch a thing. Ab India petere aliquid. Pli. To fetch as farre as India. Ex alieno orbe aliquid petere. Pli. Petere aliquem dextrâ. Virg. To hold out his right hande is one. Petere blanditijs Quint. To flatter. Aliquem literis petere. Cic. To prouoke with letters writing: to write a sharpe or quicke tannting letter to one. Criminibus aliquem petere. Tacitus. To laye things to ones charge. Petere. Virg. Liu. To strlke: vt, Cornu petere. Virg. To pushe. Punctum petere. To cast a foine. Petere. Cic. To profer to strike. Aera petere disco. Horat. To hurle a qualte of ledde into the aire. Capillos miseros vngue petis. Ouid. Caput & collum petere. Ci. To profer to strike at the head and necke. Corpus petere ferro. Tibul. Genas petere ngue. Ou. To profer to scratch by the face with his nailes. Petere iugulum. Ci. To strike at the throte: to kil. Malo petere aliquem. Virg. To offer one an apple. Pectora alicuius petere gladio. Ouid. Saxis petor populo. Ouid. The people hurle stones at me. Petere aliquem telis. Liu. To hurle dartes at one. Sacrilegæ telis me petiere manus. Ouid. Vultus alicuius petere vnguibus. Hora. To profer to scratch one by the face with his nailes. Petere aliquÊ, pro violenter aggredi. C. ViolÊtly to assail. vt, Is quem petebat quietus erat. Sal. He whom he assayled or set vpon. Bello petere vibem aliquam. Vir. To make war against, &c. Petere aliquÊ, pro insidias tÊdere. Planc. Ciceroni. To lay wait for one. vt, Quo magis me petiuerunt, tanto, &c, C. Fraude petere aliquem. Vi. Craftily to go about to deceiue. Petere frande, vel insidijs. Liu. Idem. Petere insidijs vitam alicuius. Plin. To laye waite to kill or murther one. Latrocinio vitam innocentissimi cuiusque petunt. Author ad Heren. Veneficio aliquem petere. Author ad Heren. To lay waite or go about to poison one. Vnum me petunt. Ci. It is only me that they lay wait for. Quem petit, & summis annixus viribus vrget. Vir. Whõ he followeth, and, &c. Peto pro abduco. Custodem in vincla petiuit. Vir. Heled away, or sought to lead away the keper to prison. Petuntur in vincula qui parentes suos non alunt. Quintil. Men seeke or demannd to haue thē brought to prison, &c. Peterelocum aliquem. Cic. To goe to a place. Alium nauibus accessum iubet petere. Li. To goe to an other place to arrine his shippes. Raptim petit æquora campi. Lucrer. Classis petere altÛ visa est. L. The nauy seemed to take % sea. Altum flamma petit. Ouid. The fiame goeth vp on high. Antrum immane petit. Virg. Summam petit arcem. Ouid. He goeth to. Ardua petere. Sta. To go vp hils. Arua aliena petere. Virg. Pernassus petit astra duobus verticibus. Oui. Pernassus riseth vp in great height with two toppes. Athenas petere. Cic. Cœlum petere. Plin. To flie straite to heauen. Amnis volutus per saxa campum petit. Virg. The riuer hauing his course by the rockes runneth into the fielde. Classe petebat Lacedæmona. Ouid. He sayled to. Cursum alium petere. Ci. To sayle another way. Cursu petere deserta. Virg. To runne into the desart. Cursu petere littora. Virg. Fugam petere. Liu. To flie or runne away. Fuga salutÊ petere. Cæs. To seeke to saue him self by flight. Ima petunt nebulæ. Vir. Fal downe to the lower part. Lectum vacuum petit anxia. Ouid. She went with heauye hart to hir solitarie bed. Loca secreta petere. Hor. Montém petiui. Virg. Remis ventisque petere locum aliquem. Vir. Romam petirfons ilie. Pli. That wel runneth to Rome. Secretum petere. Pli. iun. To goe into some secrete place alone. Sublime petere. Pli. To ascende vpward aloft. Supera petere. Ci. To desire to ascend vpward. Tecta diuersa petiere Virg. Gressu petunt tentoria. Sil. To go toward. Vento petere vrbem aliquam. Virg. To salle toward.

I. To fall upon any thing.

A. Lit.

1. In a hostile sense, to rush at, attack, assault, assail; to let fly at, aim a blow at, thrust at, etc. (class.; cf.: invado, aggredior): gladiatores et vitando caute, et petendo vehementer, Cic. Or. 68, 228: cujus latus mucro ille petebat, id. Lig. 3, 9: non latus aut ventrem, sed caput et collum petere, to thrust at, id. Mur. 26, 52: aliquem spiculo infeste, Liv. 2, 20: aliquem mālo, to throw an apple at any one, Verg. E. 3, 64: alicui ungue genas, Ov. A. A. 2, 452: aliquem saxis, id. de Nuce, 2: aprum jaculis, Suet. Tib. 72: aëra disco, Hor. S. 2, 2, 13: bello Penatìs, Verg. A. 3, 603: armis patriam, Vell. 2, 68, 3.—

2. Without the notion of hostility: petere collum alicujus amplexu, to fall upon one's neck, to embrace one, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124.—Esp. freq., to seek, to direct one's course to, to go or repair to, to make for, travel to a place: grues loca calidiora petentes, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125: Cyzicum, id. Fam. 14, 4, 3: Dyrrhachium, id. Planc. 41, 97: naves, to seek, take refuge in their ships, Nep. Milt. 5, 5: caelum pennis, to fly, Ov. F. 3, 457: Graiis Phasi petite viris, visited by the Greeks, id. P. 4, 10, 52: Metellus Postumium ad bellum gerendum Africam petentem, ... urbem egredi passus non est, attempting to go, starting, Val. Max. 1, 1, 2.—Transf., of things, to proceed or go towards: campum petit amnis, Verg. G. 3, 522: mons petit astra, towers toward the stars, Ov. M. 1, 316: aliquem, to seek, go to a person: reginam, Verg. A. 1, 717: ut te supplex peterem, et tua limina adirem, id. ib. 6, 115: aliquid in locum or ad aliquem, to go to a place or person for something, to go in quest of, go to fetch: visum est tanti in extremam Italiam petere Brundisium ostreas, to go to Brundisium for oysters, Plin. 9, 54, 79, 169: myrrham ad Troglodytas, id. 12, 15, 33, 66: harena ad Aethiopas usque petitur, id. 36, 6, 9, 51: collis, in quem vimina petebantur, id. 16, 10, 15, 37: quaeque trans maria petimus, fetch, id. 19, 4, 19, 58, 52.—

II. Trop.

A. To attack, assail one with any thing (class.): aiiquem epistulā, Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2: aliquem fraude et insidiis, Liv. 40, 55: aliquem falsis criminibus, Tac. A. 4, 31.—

B. To demand, seek, require (cf. posco).

1. In gen.: ita petit asparagus, Varr. R. R. 1, 23: ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus, Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123: aliquem in vincula, Quint. 7, 1, 55: aliquem ad supplicium, id. 7, 6, 6: poenas ab aliquo, to seek satisfaction from or revenge one's self on any one. ut poenas ab optimo quoque peteret sui doloris, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7: ut merito ab eā poenas liberi sui petere debuerint, Quint. 3, 11, 12.—

2. In partic.

a. To demand or claim at law, to bring an action to recover, to sue for any thing (syn.: postulo): causam dicere Prius unde petitur ... Quam ille qui petit, Ter. Eun. prol. 11: qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit, Cic. Rosc Com. 18, 53: aliquando cum servis Habiti furti egit; nuper ab ipso Habito petere coepit, id. Clu. 59, 163: qui non calumniā litium alienos fundos, sed castris, exercitu, signis inferendis petebat, id. Mil. 27, 74.—

b. To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat (syn.: rogo, flagito, obsecro); constr with ab and abl. of pers. (cf. infra); ante- and postclass., with acc. of pers.: vos volo, vos peto atque obsecro, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 60; freq. with ut: a te etiam atque etiam peto atque contendo, ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5: peto quaesoque, ut, etc., id. ib. 5, 4, 2: peto igitur a te, vel, si pateris, oro, ut, id. ib. 9, 13, 3: petere in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut, id. Verr 2, 3, 82, 189: petere precibus per litteras ab aliquo, ut, id. Sull. 19, 55: pacem ab aliquo, Caes. B. G. 2, 13: opem ab aliquo, Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 5: vitam nocenti, Tac. A. 2, 31: petito, ut intrare urbem liceret, Just. 43, 5, 6.—Also, with id or illud, and ut, etc.: illud autem te peto, ut, etc., Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2.—With obj.-clause (mostly poet.): arma umeris arcumque animosa petebat Ferre, Stat. Achill. 1, 352; cf.: cum peteret (solum) donari quasi proprio suo deo, Suet. Aug. 5: petit aes sibi dari eis a)/rtous, Gell. 9, 2, 1.—De aliquo (for ab aliquo), to beg or request of one (post-class.): si de me petisses, ut, etc., Dig. 13, 6, 5.—Ab aliquo aliquid alicui, to beg a thing of one person for another (class.): M. Curtio tribunatum a Caesare petivi, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 3: ab aliquo pro aliquo petere, to intercede for: in eorum studiis, qui a te pro Ligario petunt, Cic. Lig. 10, 31.—With ex and abl. pers. (v. infra d.): eum petit litteris, ut ad Britanniam proficisceretur, Capitol. Pertin. 3, 5; Eutr. 2, 24.—Hence, pĕtītum, i, n., a prayer, desire, request, entreaty, Cat. 68, 39.—

(b). Polit. t. t., to apply or solicit for an office, to be a candidate for office (different from ambire, to go about among the people to collect their votes, to canvass, which took place after the petitio): nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc., Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2: consulatum, id. Phil. 2, 30, 76: praeturam, id. Verr. 1, 8, 23; Liv. 1, 35.—

c. To solicit a person, to seek to possess, to woo: libidine sic accensa (Sempronia) ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur, Sall. C. 25, 3: cum te tam multi peterent, tu me una petisti, Prop. 3, 13, 27: formosam quisque petit, id. 3, 32, 4: multi illam petiere, Ov. M. 1, 478; cf.: quae tuus Vir petet, cave, ne neges; Ne petitum aliunde eat, Cat. 61, 151.—

d. To endeavor to obtain or pursue, to seek, strive after any thing, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 40: fugā salutem petere, Nep. Hann. 11, 4: praedam pedibus, Ov. M. 1, 534: gloriam, Sall. C. 54, 5: eloquentiae principatum, Cic. Or. 17, 56: sanguinis profusio vel fortuita vel petita, intentional, designed, produced by artificial means, Cels. 2, 8.—With inf.: bene vivere, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 29: victricemque petunt dextrae conjungere dextram, Ov. M. 8, 421; 14, 571: conubiis natam sociare Latinis, Verg. A. 7, 96: aliquem transfigere ferro, Mart. 5, 51, 3.—With ex and abl., over, in the case of: ex hostibus victoriam petere, Liv. 8, 33, 13: supplicium ex se, non victoriam peti, id. 28, 19, 11: imperium ex victis hostibus populum Romanum petere, id. 30, 16, 7.—

e. To fetch any thing: qui argentum petit, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 53: cibum e flammā, Ter. Eun, 3, 2, 38: altius initium rei demonstrandae, Cic. Caecin. 4, 10: aliquid a Graecis, id. Ac. 1, 2, 8: a litteris exiguam doloris oblivionem, to obtain, id. Fam. 5, 15, 4: suspirium alte, to fetch a deep sigh, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 57; cf.: latere petitus imo spiritus, Hor. Epod. 11, 10; and: gemitus alto de corde petiti, Ov. M. 2, 622: haec ex veteri memoriā petita, Tac. H. 3, 5, 1.—

f. To take, betake one's self to any thing: iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere contendi, Cic. Planc. 40, 96: diversas vias, Val. Fl. 1, 91: alium cursum, to take another route, Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2: aliam in partem petebant fugam, betook themselves to flight, fled, Caes. B. G. 2, 24.—

g. To refer to, relate to (poet.): Trojanos haec monstra petunt, Verg. A. 9, 128. pĕtōrĭtum or pĕtorrĭtum, i, n. [Celtic petor, four, and rit, wheel], an open, four - wheeled carriage, of Gallic origin: petoritum et Gallicum vehiculum esse, et nomen ejus dictum existimant a numero quattuor rotarum: alii Osce, quod hi quoque petora quattuor vocent: alii Graece, sed aiolikw=s dictum, Fest. p. 206 Müll.; Gell. 15, 30, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 192; id. S. 1, 6, 104; cf. also Plin. 34, 17, 48, 163; Aus. Ep. 5, 35; 8, 5.