LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

postulātiō

postulātiō f (genitive postulātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. petition, request
  2. complaint

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepostulātiōpostulātiōnēs
genitivepostulātiōnispostulātiōnum
dativepostulātiōnīpostulātiōnibus
accusativepostulātiōnempostulātiōnēs
ablativepostulātiōnepostulātiōnibus
vocativepostulātiōpostulātiōnēs

postŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a demanding, requiring; a demand, request, desire.
I. Lit. (class.): postulatio aequa et honesta, Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 7: ignoscendi, a begging pardon, id. Inv. 2, 34, 104: concedere postulationi alicujus, id. Mur. 23, 47: postulationi resistere, id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2: opinione valentior, id. Att. 7, 6.—Plur., supplications: obsecro igitur primum omnium fieri obsecrationes, orationes, postulationes, Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 1; cf. id. Psa. 118, 170.—
II. In partic.
A. A complaint, expostulation (ante-class.), Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 26: acris, id. Bacch. 3, 3, 45: neque lites ullae inter eas, postulatio Numquam, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 105.—
B. In a court of justice.
1. A complaint, an application for redress: postulationes ingerere, Suet. Claud. 7; id. Ner. 7; Plin. Ep. 5, 14, 1; 7, 6, 3; 7, 33, 4: agi per judicis postulationem, Gai. Inst. 4, 12.—
2. An application to the prœtor to allow the presentation of a complaint, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1.—
C. A claim or demand made by a god for a forgotten sacrifice, Cic. Har. Resp. 10, 20; 14, 31 MSS. (dub.; B. and K. postilio, q. v.).

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin postulātiō From postulō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishpostulation
  • Frenchpostulation
  • Italianpostulazione
  • Portuguesepostulação
  • Spanishpostulación

Quick answers

What does postulātiō mean in Latin?
postulātiō, a noun, means “petition, request; complaint”.
What is the genitive of postulātiō?
The genitive singular is postulātiōnis. postulātiō is feminine, third declension.