petesso

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

pĕtesso and pĕtisso, ĕre, v. intens. a. [peto],

to strive after or seek for repeatedly or eagerly , to pursue; with acc. (rare but class.): petissere antiqui pro petere dicebant. Sed, ut mihi videtur, cum significabant saepius petere, Fest. p. 206 Müll.; cf.: petissere petere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 212 ib.: pugnam caedesque petessit, Lucr. 3, 648: auras petessens, id. 5, 810: laudem, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 62.

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