Esperanto

Noun

postulo ‎(accusative singular postulon, plural postuloj, accusative plural postulojn)

1. demand

Italian

Verb

postulo

1. first-person singular present indicative of postulare

Latin

Etymology

From poscō ‎(“beg, demand, request, desire”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpos.tu.loː/, [ˈpɔs.tʊ.ɫoː]

Verb

postulō ‎(present infinitive postulāre, perfect active postulāvī, supine postulātum); first conjugation

1. I ask, request, desire, demand.
2. I pretend, claim.
3. I prosecute, accuse, impeach, sue.
4. (of things) I contain, measure.
5. (of things) I need, require, call for, demand.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (demand, request): petō, poscō

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: postulate
• Esperanto: postuli
• French: postuler
• Italian: postulare
• Spanish: postular

References

• postulo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• postulo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “postulo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to require, give, take time for deliberation: tempus (spatium) deliberandi or ad deliberandum postulare, dare, sibi sumere
    
  • to demand 48 per cent: quaternas centesimas postulare (Att. 5. 21. 11)
    
  • to accuse a person of extortion (to recover the sums extorted): postulare aliquem repetundarum or de repetundis
    

Portuguese

Verb

postulo

1. first-person singular present indicative of postular

Spanish

Verb

postulo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of postular.