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postulō āvī, ātus, āre

PREC-, to ask, demand, claim, require, request, desire : incipiunt postulare, minari: nemo inventus est tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet: postulavere plerique, ut proponeret, etc., S.: suom ius postulat, T.: fidem publicam: ad senatum venire auxilium postulatum, Cs.: noctem sibi ad deliberandum: postulatur a te iam diu historia: quod principes civitatum a me postulassent: postulatum est, ut Bibuli sententia divideretur: legatos mittit postulatum, ne, etc., S.: qui postularent, eos sibi dederent, Cs.: postulo, Appi, consideres, quo progrediare, L.: a senatu de foedere: me ducere istis dictis postulas? expect , T.: quod de argento posse postulem me fallere (eum), i. e. undertake to deceive him , T.: qui adire senatum non postulassent, asked an audience , L.: ante quam bona possideri postularentur, were claimed : hic postulat se Romae absolvi, qui, etc., expects : haec cum praetorem postulabas, of the praetor : qui postulat deus credi, Cu.To summon, arraign before a court, prosecute, accuse, impeach : Gabinium tres adhuc factiones postulant: alqm de ambitu: alqm maiestatis, Ta.: delationem nominis, i. e. ask leave to prosecute : servos in quaestionem, ask that the slaves be examined under torture : quaestionem, the appointment of a special tribunal , L.—Of price, to demand, ask : Accipe victori populus quod postulat aurum, Iu.—Of things, to make necessary, require, demand, call for : Nunc hic dies alios mores postulat, T.: ut temporis exiguitas postulabat, Cs.: mittor, quo postulat usus, O.: res postulare videtur alqd exponere, S.

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