peto

See also: petó, Peťo, and pęto

Catalan

Etymology

Italian petto

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.to/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.tu/

Noun

peto m (plural petos)

1. (sports) bib, pinny

   Synonym: pitrall

Further reading

• “peto” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “peto” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈpeto]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Hyphenation: pe‧to

Noun

peto (accusative singular peton, plural petoj, accusative plural petojn)

1. behest, request

Related terms

• peti

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeto/, [ˈpe̞t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification^(key): pe‧to

Noun

peto

1. meat-eating beast, predator
2. carnivore
3. monster

Declension

Inflection of peto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative		peto	pedot
genitive		pedon	petojen
partitive		petoa	petoja
illative		petoon	petoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		peto	pedot
accusative	nom.	peto	pedot
	gen.	pedon
genitive		pedon	petojen
partitive		petoa	petoja
inessive		pedossa	pedoissa
elative		pedosta	pedoista
illative		petoon	petoihin
adessive		pedolla	pedoilla
ablative		pedolta	pedoilta
allative		pedolle	pedoille
essive		petona	petoina
translative		pedoksi	pedoiksi
instructive		—	pedoin
abessive		pedotta	pedoitta
comitative		—	petoineen

Possessive forms of peto (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	petoni	petomme
2nd person	petosi	petonne
3rd person	petonsa

Synonyms

• (carnivore): petoeläin
• (monster): hirviö

Derived terms

• petomainen

Compounds

compounds

• ihmispeto
• kissapeto
• meripeto
• petoeläin
• petokala
• petolintu
• petonisäkäs
• petopunkki
• pussipeto
• suurpeto
• vesipeto
• villipeto

Anagrams

• opet

Galician

peto verdeal ("green woodpecker")

Etymology

13th century. Unknown. From *pētto, perhaps onomatopoeic, but note Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker”) (Latin pīcus, Danish spætte).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeto̝/

Noun

peto m (plural petos)

1. woodpecker
   • 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:

     Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado. Iten petos et pegas et agoanetas a quatro coroados cada ũu. Iten pasaros miudos et ouos a coroado.

     Item thrushes and blackbirds, each one one crown. Item, woodpeckers and magpies and snipes, four crowns each one. Item, small birds and eggs, a crown.

   Synonyms: picapau, piquelo

2. money box; poor box
   • 1288, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Historia de la Santa A. M. Iglesia de Santiago de Compostela, V, nº 43, pages 113-115:

     cum pecunia de peto et alie burse

     with money of the moneybox and other purses

   Synonyms: arqueta, boeta

3. pocket
   • 1485, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 286:

     iten vnna yxola de peto, iten un escoupre, iten vn traado, iten vnna tarabela, iten dous bingueletes, iten duas serras de mao

     item, a pocket adze; item, a chisel; item, a drill; item, an auger; item, two gimlets; item, two handsaws

   Synonyms: bolso, bulso

4. (figurative) nest egg, savings

   Synonyms: aforros, petiño

Derived terms

• petar
• peto de ánimas
• ter un peto

Related terms

• peteiro
• petón

References

• “peto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “peto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “peto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “peto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “peto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “peto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pēditum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.to/
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: pé‧to

Noun

peto m (plural peti)

1. fart, toot

See also

• flato
• loffa
• scorreggia
• vescia

Anagrams

• pote, poté, tope

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *petō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti (“to fall; fly”).

Cognates include Ancient Greek πέτομαι (pétomai, “I fly”), Sanskrit पतति (pátati), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (pataⁱti) and Old Armenian թիռ (tʿiṙ, “flight, desire”). See English feather, pen for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.toː/, [ˈpɛt̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.to/, [ˈpɛːt̪o]

Verb

petō (present infinitive petere, perfect active petīvī or petiī, supine petītum); third conjugation

1. I ask, beg, request, look for, inquire.
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.465:

     unde petam causās hōrum mōremque sacrōrum?

     Where shall I look for the reasons and practice of these sacred rites?

2. I make for (somewhere).
3. I seek, aim at, desire.

   Auxilium deōrum petō.

   I am seeking the help of the gods.

   Altiōra petō.

   I seek higher things.

   • necessario dispersos hostes ex aedificiis petere ― the enemy necessarily dispersed, ought to look for it in the houses (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 14)
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.381:

     “Ī, sequere Ītaliam ventīs, pete rēgna per undās.”

     “Go, pursue Italy upon the winds, seek [your] realm across the waves.”

4. I beg, beseech
   1. I beg of/from someone (ab + ablative) for something (+ accusative or a clause with ut or ne)
5. I attack, I assail, I thrust at

   Petere aliquem hastā.

   To attack someone with a spear.

6. I aim at (with the person attacked in the accusative and the weapon/projectile in the ablative)
7. (ecclesiastical) To missionize or proselytize among the people of a place.
   • (Bede, Chronica Minor)

     Petrus Rōmam Mārcus Alexandriam petit.

     Peter proselytizes in Rome; Mark, in Alexandria.

Conjugation

Conjugation of petō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	petō	petis	petit	petimus	petitis	petunt
	imperfect	petēbam	petēbās	petēbat	petēbāmus	petēbātis	petēbant
	future	petam	petēs	petet	petēmus	petētis	petent
	perfect	petīvī, petiī	petīvistī, petiistī, petīstī1	petīvit, petiit, petīt1	petīvimus, petiimus, petīmus1	petīvistis, petiistis, petīstis1	petīvērunt, petīvēre, petiērunt, petiēre, petīrunt1
	pluperfect	petīveram, petieram, petīram1	petīverās, petierās, petīrās1	petīverat, petierat, petīrat1	petīverāmus, petierāmus, petīrāmus1	petīverātis, petierātis, petīrātis1	petīverant, petierant, petīrant1
	future perfect	petīverō, petierō, petīrō1	petīveris, petieris, petīris1	petīverit, petierit, petīrit1	petīverimus, petierimus, petīrimus1	petīveritis, petieritis, petīritis1	petīverint, petierint, petīrint1
passive	present	petor	peteris, petere	petitur	petimur	petiminī	petuntur
	imperfect	petēbar	petēbāris, petēbāre	petēbātur	petēbāmur	petēbāminī	petēbantur
	future	petar	petēris, petēre	petētur	petēmur	petēminī	petentur
	perfect	petītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	petītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	petītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	petam	petās	petat	petāmus	petātis	petant
	imperfect	peterem	peterēs	peteret	peterēmus	peterētis	peterent
	perfect	petīverim, petierim, petīrim1	petīverīs, petierīs, petīrīs1	petīverit, petierit, petīrit1	petīverīmus, petierīmus, petīrīmus1	petīverītis, petierītis, petīrītis1	petīverint, petierint, petīrint1
	pluperfect	petīvissem, petiissem, petīssem1	petīvissēs, petiissēs, petīssēs1	petīvisset, petiisset, petīsset1	petīvissēmus, petiissēmus, petīssēmus1	petīvissētis, petiissētis, petīssētis1	petīvissent, petiissent, petīssent1
passive	present	petar	petāris, petāre	petātur	petāmur	petāminī	petantur
	imperfect	peterer	peterēris, peterēre	peterētur	peterēmur	peterēminī	peterentur
	perfect	petītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	petītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pete	—	—	petite	—
	future	—	petitō	petitō	—	petitōte	petuntō
passive	present	—	petere	—	—	petiminī	—
	future	—	petitor	petitor	—	—	petuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		petere	petīvisse, petiisse, petīsse1	petītūrum esse	petī	petītum esse	petītum īrī
participles		petēns	—	petītūrus	—	petītus	petendus, petundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		petendī	petendō	petendum	petendō	petītum	petītū

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

Synonyms

• (demand, beg): flagito, efflagito, quaesō, rogō, ērogō, expeto, repeto, exigo, precor, rogitō, exposcō, exōrō, requīrō
• (seek): requīrō, affectō, cupiō, quaerō, indigeō, circumspiciō, studeō concupiō, expetō, spectō, voveō, appetō, aveō, sitiō, intendō, tendō
• (assail): invādō, oppugnō, incurrō, impetō, incessō, aggredior, īnstō, excurrō, concurrō, occurrō, inruō, accēdō, intrō, incēdō, incidō, irrumpō, adorior, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, appetō, arripiō, assiliō, invehō, lacessō

Antonyms

• (seek): āversor, abhorreō
• (assail): repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō

Derived terms

• appetō
• competō
• expetō
• hērēdipeta
• impetō
• lucripeta
• perpetuus
• petessō
• petītiō
• petulāns
• petulcus
• praepes
• repetō
• suppetō

 

Descendants

• Sardinian: pètere
• Vulgar Latin: *petīre (see there for further descendants)
• → Old French: peter
• English: petition

References

• “peto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “peto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to go to a plac: petere locum
    
  • to apply to a person for advice: consilium petere ab aliquo
    
  • to borrow instances from history: exempla petere, repetere a rerum gestarum memoria or historiarum (annalium, rerum gestarum) monumentis
    
  • to quote Socrates as a model of virtue: a Socrate exemplum virtutis petere, repetere
    
  • to derive an argument from a thing: argumentum ducere, sumere ex aliqua re or petere ab aliqua re
    
  • to ask for an oracular response: oraculum petere (ab aliquo)
    
  • to ask a hearing, audience, interview: aditum conveniendi or colloquium petere
    
  • to use some one's unpopularity as a means of making oneself popular: ex invidia alicuius auram popularem petere (Liv. 22. 26)
    
  • to seek office: petere magistratum, honores
    
  • to exact a penalty from some one: poenam petere, repetere ab aliquo
    
  • to give furlough, leave of absence to soldiers: commeatum militibus dare (opp. petere)
    
  • to beg for mercy from the conqueror: salutem petere a victore
    
  • to seek safety in flight: fuga salutem petere
    

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀧𑁂𑀢𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• पेतो (Devanagari script)
• পেতো (Bengali script)
• පෙතො (Sinhalese script)
• ပေတော or ပေတေႃ (Burmese script)
• เปโต (Thai script)
• ᨷᩮᨲᩮᩣ or ᨸᩮᨲᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ເປໂຕ (Lao script)
• បេតោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄬𑄖𑄮 (Chakma script)

Noun

peto

1. nominative singular of peta (“ghost”)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

peto (Cyrillic spelling пето)

1. vocative singular of peta

Slovene

Noun

peto

1. accusative/instrumental singular of peta

Spanish

overalls (1)

breastplate (2)

A baseball player with a chest protector (4)

Football players wearing red bibs/pinnies (5) during a match

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeto/ [ˈpe.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: pe‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian petto (“chest, breast”), from Latin pectus (whence also Spanish pecho).

Noun

peto m (plural petos)

1. overalls (US, Canada, Australia), dungarees (UK) (loose fitting pair of pants with supporting cross-straps and a panel of material in the chest (called a bib), often associated with farm work)
2. breastplate

   Synonym: pechera

3. shirtfront

   Synonym: pechera

4. (sports) chest protector, chestguard, chestpad

   Synonyms: peto protector, pectoral

5. (sports) bib, pinny (a colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities)
6. (zoology) plastron

   Synonym: plastrón

7. (historical) plastron

Derived terms

• petirrojo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

peto

1. first-person singular present indicative of petar

Further reading

• “peto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014