pete

pete is a Latin form of peto, meaning “seek, ask for; make for, head for; attack, aim at; stand for (office)”. It is the 2nd person singular present active imperative.

Found 64 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.2.148: … igitur? ut ipsis ne liceat. quid est hoc? petis a me, quod in tua potestate est, ut id tibi facere ne liceat; pete potius ne quis te invitum polliceri aut facere cogat. nihil egero, inquit; negabunt enim omnes se coegisse; s …

Vergil, Aeneid 5.166: Quo diversus abis? iterum Pete saxa, Menoete!

All forms of peto (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.