previous next
postŭlo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. posco,
I.to ask, demand, require, request, desire (syn.: posco, flagito, peto); constr. with aliquid, aliquid ab aliquo, aliquem aliquid, with ut (ne), de, with inf., or absol.
I. In gen.: “incipiunt postulare, poscere, minari,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34, § 78: “nemo inventus est tam audax, qui posceret, nemo tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet,id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 44; cf. Liv. 2, 45; 3, 19: “tametsi causa postulat, tamen quia postulat, non flagitat, praeteribo,Cic. Quint. 3, 13: “postulabat autem magis quam petebat, ut, etc.,Curt. 4, 1, 8: “dehinc postulo, sive aequom est, te oro, ut, etc.,Ter. And. 1, 2, 19: “ita volo itaque postulo ut fiat,id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 27: “suom jus postulat,Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 47; cf.: “aequom postulat, da veniam,id. And. 5, 3, 30; and: “quid est? num iniquom postulo?id. Phorm. 2, 3, 64: “nunc hic dies alios mores postulat,id. And. 1, 2, 18: “fidem publicam,Cic. Att. 2, 24, 2: “istud, quod postulas,id. Rep. 1, 20, 33; id. Lael. 2, 9: “ad senatum venire auxilium postulatum,Caes. B. G. 1, 31: “deliberandi sibi unum diem postulavit,Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60; cf.: “noctem sibi ad deliberandum postulavit,id. Sest. 34, 74: “postulo abs te, ut, etc.,Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 18: “postulatur a te jam diu vel flagitatur potius historia,Cic. Leg. 1, 5: “quom maxime abs te postulo atque oro, ut, etc.,Ter. And. 5, 1, 4; and: “quidvis ab amico postulare,Cic. Lael. 10, 35; cf. in pass.: “cum aliquid ab amicis postularetur,id. ib.: “orationes a me duas postulas,id. Att. 2, 7, 1: “quod principes civitatum a me postulassent,id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; cf. infra the passages with an object-clause.—With ut (ne): “quodam modo postulat, ut, etc.,Cic. Att. 10, 4, 2: “postulatum est, ut Bibuli sententia divideretur,id. Fam. 1, 2, 1 (for other examples with ut, v. supra): “legatos ad Bocchum mittit postulatum, ne sine causā hostis populo Romano fieret,Sall. J. 83, 1.—With subj. alone: “qui postularent, eos qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent, sibi dederent,Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 3.—With de: “sapientes homines a senatu de foedere postulaverunt,Cic. Balb. 15, 34: “Ariovistus legatos ad eum mittit, quod antea de colloquio postulasset, id per se fieri licere,Caes. B. G. 1, 42.—With inf., freq. to be rendered, to wish, like, want: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 32 Vahl.): “hic postulat se Romae absolvi, qui, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 138: “o facinus impudicum! quam liberam esse oporteat, servire postulare,Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 62; id. Men. 2, 3, 88: “me ducere istis dictis postulas?Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Eun. 1, 1, 16: “(lupinum) ne spargi quidem postulat decidens sponte,Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 135: “si me tibi praemandere postulas,Gell. 4, 1, 11.—With a double object: quas (sollicitudines) levare tua te prudentia postulat, demands of you, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2. —With nom. and inf.: “qui postulat deus credi,Curt. 6, 11, 24.—
II. In partic., in jurid. lang.
A. To summon, arraign before a court, to prosecute, accuse, impeach (syn.: accuso, insimulo); constr. class. usu. with de and abl., post-Aug. also with gen.): “Gabinium tres adhuc factiones postulant: L. Lentulus, qui jam de majestate postulavit,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15: “aliquem apud praetorem de pecuniis repetundis,id. Cornel. Fragm. 1: “aliquem repetundis,Tac. A. 3, 38: “aliquem majestatis,id. ib. 1, 74: “aliquem repetundarum,Suet. Caes. 4: aliquem aliquā lege, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3: “aliquem ex aliquā causā reum,Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 33: “aliquem impietatis reum,Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 7: “aliquem injuriarum,Suet. Aug. 56 fin.: “aliquem capitis,Dig. 46, 1, 53: “qui (infames) postulare prohibentur,Paul. Sent. 1, 2, 1.—
C. For the usual expostulare, to complain of one: “quom patrem adeas postulatum,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 38 (but in id. Mil. 2, 6, 35, the correct read. is expostulare; v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—*
D. Postulare votum (lit. to ask a desire, i. e.), to vow, App. Flor. init.
E. Of the seller, to demand a price, ask (post-class. for posco): “pro eis (libris) trecentos Philippeos postulasse,Lact. 1, 6, 10; cf.: “accipe victori populus quod postulat aurum,Juv. 7, 243. —
III. Transf., of things.
A. To contain, measure: “jugerum sex modios seminis postulat,Col. 2, 9, 17.—
B. To need, require: “cepina magis frequenter subactam postulat terram,Col. 11, 3, 56.—Hence, po-stŭlātum , i, n.; usually in plur.: po-stŭlāta , ōrum, a demand, request (class.): “intolerabilia postulata,Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1; id. Phil. 12, 12, 28: deferre postulata alicujus ad aliquem, Caes. B. C. 1, 9: “cognoscere de postulatis alicujus,id. B. G. 4, 11 fin.: “postulata facere,Nep. Alcib. 8, 4.
hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
hide References (45 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (45):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 12.4.1
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 1.2.1
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 3.8.5
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 5.14.2
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 10.4.2
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.24.2
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.7.1
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 3.1.5
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 4.11
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 1.31
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 1.42
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 4.16.3
    • Cicero, Philippics, 12.12.28
    • Cicero, For Cornelius Balbus, 15.34
    • Cicero, Divinatio against Q. Caecilius, 20.64
    • Cicero, For Sextus Roscius of Ameria, 28.77
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.138
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.78
    • Cicero, For Sestius, 34.74
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 29.5
    • Plautus, Captivi, 5.1
    • Plautus, Menaechmi, 2.3
    • Plautus, Rudens, 2.3
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.9
    • Tacitus, Annales, 3.38
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 3.3
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 2.6
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 56
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 4
    • Cornelius Nepos, Alcibiades, 8.4
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 33.33
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 7.33.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 19
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 45
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 1.5
    • Cicero, De Republica, 1.20
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.22
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 10
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 2
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 18.2.7
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 4.1.11
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 83
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.9.17
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 4.1.8
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 6.11.24
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: