LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun

postĭlĭo

Meaning

  1. a claim of a god upon men

postĭlĭo, ōnis, f. postulo; cf. consilium from consulo. Relig. t. t.,
I. a claim of a god upon men, a demand for the fulfilment of a forgotten sacrifice (cf. postulatio, with which it is confounded in many MSS. and edd.; mostly ante- and post-class.): de eā re scriptum est, postiliones esse Jovi, Saturno, Neptuno, Telluri, dis caelestibus, Cic. Har. Resp. 10, 20: eodem ostento Telluri postilio deberi dicitur, id. ib. 14, 31: deum Manium postilionem postulare, Varr. L. L. 5, § 148 Müll.: in caeremoniis vestris postulionibus locus est, Arn. 4, 148.

Quick answers

What does postĭlĭo mean in Latin?
postĭlĭo, a noun, means “a claim of a god upon men”.