postulo

See also: postuló and postulò

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [pusˈtu.lu]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pusˈtu.lo]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [posˈtu.lo]

Verb

postulo

first-person singular present indicative of postular

Esperanto

Etymology

From postuli (“to require, claim, demand”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [posˈtulo]
Rhymes: -ulo
Hyphenation: pos‧tu‧lo

Noun

postulo (accusative singular postulon, plural postuloj, accusative plural postulojn)

demand

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.stu.lo/
Rhymes: -ɔstulo
Hyphenation: pò‧stu‧lo

Verb

postulo

first-person singular present indicative of postulare

Latin

Etymology

From poscō (“beg, demand, request, desire”) , from Proto-Italic *porskō, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥(ḱ)sḱéti.

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Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpos.tu.loː/, [ˈpɔs̠t̪ʊɫ̪oː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpos.tu.lo/, [ˈpɔst̪ulo]

Verb

postulō (present infinitive postulāre, perfect active postulāvī, supine postulātum); first conjugation

to demand, ask, request, desire
Synonyms: petō, poscō
to pretend, claim
to prosecute, accuse, impeach, sue
(of things) to contain, measure
(of things) to need, require, call for, demand

Conjugation

Conjugation of postulō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	postulō	postulās	postulat	postulāmus	postulātis	postulant
	imperfect	postulābam	postulābās	postulābat	postulābāmus	postulābātis	postulābant
	future	postulābō	postulābis	postulābit	postulābimus	postulābitis	postulābunt
	perfect	postulāvī	postulāvistī, postulāstī¹	postulāvit, postulāt¹	postulāvimus, postulāmus¹	postulāvistis, postulāstis¹	postulāvērunt, postulāvēre, postulārunt¹
	pluperfect	postulāveram, postulāram¹	postulāverās, postulārās¹	postulāverat, postulārat¹	postulāverāmus, postulārāmus¹	postulāverātis, postulārātis¹	postulāverant, postulārant¹
	future perfect	postulāverō, postulārō¹	postulāveris, postulāris¹	postulāverit, postulārit¹	postulāverimus, postulārimus¹	postulāveritis, postulāritis¹	postulāverint, postulārint¹
passive	present	postulor	postulāris, postulāre	postulātur	postulāmur	postulāminī	postulantur
	imperfect	postulābar	postulābāris, postulābāre	postulābātur	postulābāmur	postulābāminī	postulābantur
	future	postulābor	postulāberis, postulābere	postulābitur	postulābimur	postulābiminī	postulābuntur
	perfect	postulātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	postulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	postulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	postulem	postulēs	postulet	postulēmus	postulētis	postulent
	imperfect	postulārem	postulārēs	postulāret	postulārēmus	postulārētis	postulārent
	perfect	postulāverim, postulārim¹	postulāverīs, postulārīs¹	postulāverit, postulārit¹	postulāverīmus, postulārīmus¹	postulāverītis, postulārītis¹	postulāverint, postulārint¹
	pluperfect	postulāvissem, postulāssem¹	postulāvissēs, postulāssēs¹	postulāvisset, postulāsset¹	postulāvissēmus, postulāssēmus¹	postulāvissētis, postulāssētis¹	postulāvissent, postulāssent¹
passive	present	postuler	postulēris, postulēre	postulētur	postulēmur	postulēminī	postulentur
	imperfect	postulārer	postulārēris, postulārēre	postulārētur	postulārēmur	postulārēminī	postulārentur
	perfect	postulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	postulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	postulā	—	—	postulāte	—
active	future	—	postulātō	postulātō	—	postulātōte	postulantō
passive	present	—	postulāre	—	—	postulāminī	—
passive	future	—	postulātor	postulātor	—	—	postulantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		postulāre	postulāvisse, postulāsse¹	postulātūrum esse	postulārī	postulātum esse	postulātum īrī
participles		postulāns	—	postulātūrus	—	postulātus	postulandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		postulandī	postulandō	postulandum	postulandō	postulātum	postulātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

appostulō
dēpostulō
expostulō
postulārius
postulātiō
postulātor
postulātus
postulātīcius

Descendants

English: postulate
Esperanto: postuli
French: postuler
Italian: postulare
Portuguese: postular
Spanish: postular

References

“postulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“postulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
postulo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to require, give, take time for deliberation: tempus (spatium) deliberandi or ad deliberandum postulare, dare, sibi sumere
- to demand 48 per cent: quaternas centesimas postulare (Att. 5. 21. 11)
- to accuse a person of extortion (to recover the sums extorted): postulare aliquem repetundarum or de repetundis

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /posˈtu.lu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʃˈtu.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /posˈtu.lo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /puʃˈtu.lu/

Hyphenation: pos‧tu‧lo

Verb

postulo

first-person singular present indicative of postular

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /posˈtulo/ [posˈt̪u.lo]
Rhymes: -ulo
Syllabification: pos‧tu‧lo

Verb

postulo

first-person singular present indicative of postular

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