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petivit

petivit is a Latin form of peto, meaning “seek, ask for; make for, head for; attack, aim at; stand for (office)”. It is the 3rd person singular perfect active indicative.

Found 78 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 2.32: … m, an vos Domitius deseruit? Nonne extremam pati fortunam paratos proiecit ille? nonne sibi clam salutem fuga petivit? nonne proditi per illum Caesaris beneficio estis conservati? Sacramento quidem vos tenere qui potuit, cum pr …

Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum 105: Quis rebus cognitis Bocchus per litteras a Mario petiuit, uti Sullam ad se mitteret, cuius arbitratu communibus negotiis consuleretur. Is missus cum praesidio equitum …

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.