flagitatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

flāgĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [flagito],

an earnest request or demand , importunity (rare but class.): nolui deesse ne tacitae quidem flagitationi tuae, * Cic. Top. 1, 5: uxorum flagitatione revocantur, Just. 2, 4.—In plur.: crebrae populi flagitationes, Tac. A. 13, 50.

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