previous next
postŭlātĭo , ōnis, f. id.,
I.a demanding, requiring; a demand, request, desire.
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.).
hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
hide References (16 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (16):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 8.6.1
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 7.6
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 2.9.2
    • New Testament, 1 Timothy, 2.1
    • Cicero, For Lucius Murena, 23.47
    • Cicero, On the Responses of the Haruspices, 10.20
    • Cicero, For Sextus Roscius of Ameria, 2.7
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 3.3
    • Old Testament, Psalm, 118.170
    • Plautus, Casina, 3.2
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 7
    • Suetonius, Nero, 7
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7.33
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7.6
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 5.14.1
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 2.34
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: