Meaning of petītiō | Babel Free
[pɛˈtiː.ti.oː]Definitions
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an attack, thrust, blow declension-3
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a request, petition, beseeching declension-3
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an applying for office declension-3
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suit, claim declension-3
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right of claim declension-3
Equivalents
English
petition
Examples
“Quot ego tuās petītiōnēs — ita coniectās ut vītārī posse nōn vidērentur — parvā quādam dēclīnātiōne et, ut aiunt, corpore effūgī!”
How many attacks of yours — aimed so directly that they seemed impossible to avoid — did I escape with a certain small turn and, as they say, by [the mere swerve of my] body!
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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