postulo

Meaning

1. (conjugation-1) to demand, ask, request, desire
2. (conjugation-1) to pretend, claim
3. (conjugation-1) to prosecute, accuse, impeach, sue
4. (conjugation-1) to contain, measure
5. (conjugation-1) to need, require, call for, demand

Concepts

require

demand

prosecute

ask

request

call for

complain

desire

impeach

measure

necessitate

need

postulate

reclaim

summon

try

want

contain

whinge

ask for

beg

bespeak

call

Synonyms

peto

quaero

🔍

rogo

reclamare

Translations

verlangen

fordern

pedir

eisen

verzoeken

exigir

ζητώ

απαιτώ

demander

exiger

vereisen

demanar

vragen

exigir

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpɔs.tʊ.ɫoː]

Etymology

From poscō (“beg, demand, request, desire”) from Proto-Italic *porskō (“to ask for; request; demand”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥(ḱ)sḱéti (“to keep asking; to question”), from *preḱ- (“to ask; to ask for”) + *-sḱéti (“imperfective suffix”).
Cognate with Latin prex (“prayer”), Sanskrit पृच्छति (pṛccháti), German forschen, and English frain.