English

Noun

petitor ‎(plural petitors)

1. (law) The claimant or plaintiff in ancient legal systems.

Latin

Noun

petītor m ‎(genitive petītōris); third declension

1. seeker, striver
2. applicant, candidate
3. claimant, plaintiff
4. suitor, wooer

Inflection

Third declension.

Verb

petitor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of petō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of petō

References

• petitor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• petitor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “petitor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• petitor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• petitor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin