peto

Borrowed from Italian petto. Doublet of pit.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpe.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpe.to]

peto m (plural petos)

1. (sports) bib, pinny

   Synonym: pitrall

2. breastplate

• pantaló de peto

• “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.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛ.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpə.to]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpe.to]

peto

1. first-person singular present indicative of petar

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

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

1. behest, request

• peti

Unknown

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

peto

1. predator
2. Synonym of petoeläin (“carnivore, carnivorous animal”)
3. monster, beast

   Synonym: hirviö

• “peto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• opet

13th century. Unknown. From *pētto, perhaps onomatopoeic,^[1] but note Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker”) (Latin pīcus, Danish spætte).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeto̝/

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, editor, 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

• petar
• peto de ánimas
• ter un peto

• peteiro
• petón

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “peto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “peto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “peto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “peto (paxaro)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “peto (dos cartos)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “peto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

peto

1. first-person singular present indicative of petar

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.to/^[1]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Hyphenation: pé‧to

From Latin pēditum.

peto m (plural peti)

1. (vulgar) fart, toot

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

peto

1. first-person singular present indicative of petare

• pote, poté, tope

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti (“to fly”), assuming a semantic shift from “to fly towards” to “to try to reach”.^[1]

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

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

1. to ask, beg, request, look for, inquire, petition, entreat
   • 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. to make for (somewhere)
3. to seek, aim at, desire

   Auxilium Dei Domini nostri petō.

   I am seeking the help of the Lord our God.

   Altiōra petō.

   I seek higher things.

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 7.14:

     necessario dispersos hostes ex aedificiis petere

     the enemy necessarily dispersed, ought to look for it in the houses

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

   Petere aliquem hastā.

   To attack someone with a spear.

6. to aim at (with the person attacked in the accusative and the weapon/projectile in the ablative)
7. (Ecclesiastical Latin) 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 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.

• (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

• (antonym(s) of “seek”): āversor, abhorreō
• (antonym(s) of “assail”): repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō

• Sardinian: pètere
• → Old French: peter

Reflexes of an assumed variant *petīre:

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pĕtĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 312

• “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^[2], 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
    

peto

1. nominative singular of peta (“ghost”)

peto (Cyrillic spelling пето)

1. vocative singular of peta

peto

1. accusative/instrumental singular of peta

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

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

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
8. (Colombia) a soup or beverage made from boiled corn

   Synonym: mazamorra

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

peto

1. first-person singular present indicative of petar

• “peto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28