postulatio Latin · revision 32495

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *prḱ-sk-e/o-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''postulātiō''' ''f'' (genitive postulātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Some manuscripts of Gregory the Great spell it ''postolatio''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|postulō|-tiō|t1=to ask for, demand]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan derives [[m|la|postulō]] from [[m|la|poscō|t=to ask, demand]], which he traces to [[ine-pro|*prḱ-sk-e/o-|t=to ask]]; the way postulō was formed from it is debated.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus, where a character calls something a sharp protest.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a demand or request, as Cicero's fair and honourable demand, a protest, and the requirements of a thing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In law it is an application to a magistrate to redress a wrong, or for leave to prosecute: Cicero writes of the usual forms of such applications.^(OLD 2012) Later it can be an accusation.^(OLD 2012) In Medieval Latin it is a prayer to God and the postulation of a bishop, and Church Latin uses it of a petition by electors to a higher authority.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a sharp protest.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of legal applications.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Middle Ages – a prayer; the postulation of a bishop.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|demand]], [[m|en|request]]; a protest; a requirement.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(law)'' An application to a magistrate, for redress or for leave to prosecute.^(OLD 2012)

+ # An accusation.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|prayer]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|postulation|alt=Postulation]], a petition of electors to a higher authority.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[superpostulatio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[postulatum|alt=postulātum]]

+ * [[postulo|alt=postulō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}