peto

See also: petó, Peťo, and pęto

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian petto. Doublet of pit.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

peto m (plural petos)

1. (sports) bib, pinny

   Synonym: pitrall

2. breastplate

Derived terms

• pantaló de peto

Further reading

• “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.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Verb

peto

1. first-person singular present indicative of petar

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. behest, request

Related terms

• peti

Finnish

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

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

Noun

peto

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

   Synonym: hirviö

Declension

Inflection of peto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative		peto	pedot
genitive		pedon	petojen
partitive		petoa	petoja
illative		petoon	petoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		peto	pedot
accusative	nom.	peto	pedot
	gen.	pedon
genitive		pedon	petojen
partitive		petoa	petoja
inessive		pedossa	pedoissa
elative		pedosta	pedoista
illative		petoon	petoihin
adessive		pedolla	pedoilla
ablative		pedolta	pedoilta
allative		pedolle	pedoille
essive		petona	petoina
translative		pedoksi	pedoiksi
abessive		pedotta	pedoitta
instructive		—	pedoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of peto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative petoni petoni accusative nom. petoni petoni gen. petoni genitive petoni petojeni partitive petoani petojani inessive pedossani pedoissani elative pedostani pedoistani illative petooni petoihini adessive pedollani pedoillani ablative pedoltani pedoiltani allative pedolleni pedoilleni essive petonani petoinani translative pedokseni pedoikseni abessive pedottani pedoittani instructive — — comitative — petoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative petosi petosi accusative nom. petosi petosi gen. petosi genitive petosi petojesi partitive petoasi petojasi inessive pedossasi pedoissasi elative pedostasi pedoistasi illative petoosi petoihisi adessive pedollasi pedoillasi ablative pedoltasi pedoiltasi allative pedollesi pedoillesi essive petonasi petoinasi translative pedoksesi pedoiksesi abessive pedottasi pedoittasi instructive — — comitative — petoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative petomme petomme accusative nom. petomme petomme gen. petomme genitive petomme petojemme partitive petoamme petojamme inessive pedossamme pedoissamme elative pedostamme pedoistamme illative petoomme petoihimme adessive pedollamme pedoillamme ablative pedoltamme pedoiltamme allative pedollemme pedoillemme essive petonamme petoinamme translative pedoksemme pedoiksemme abessive pedottamme pedoittamme instructive — — comitative — petoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative petonne petonne accusative nom. petonne petonne gen. petonne genitive petonne petojenne partitive petoanne petojanne inessive pedossanne pedoissanne elative pedostanne pedoistanne illative petoonne petoihinne adessive pedollanne pedoillanne ablative pedoltanne pedoiltanne allative pedollenne pedoillenne essive petonanne petoinanne translative pedoksenne pedoiksenne abessive pedottanne pedoittanne instructive — — comitative — petoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative petonsa petonsa accusative nom. petonsa petonsa gen. petonsa genitive petonsa petojensa partitive petoaan petoansa petojaan petojansa inessive pedossaan pedossansa pedoissaan pedoissansa elative pedostaan pedostansa pedoistaan pedoistansa illative petoonsa petoihinsa adessive pedollaan pedollansa pedoillaan pedoillansa ablative pedoltaan pedoltansa pedoiltaan pedoiltansa allative pedolleen pedollensa pedoilleen pedoillensa essive petonaan petonansa petoinaan petoinansa translative pedokseen pedoksensa pedoikseen pedoiksensa abessive pedottaan pedottansa pedoittaan pedoittansa instructive — — comitative — petoineen petoinensa

Derived terms

• petomainen

 

compounds

• ihmispeto
• isopetoleikko
• kissapeto
• maapeto
• meripeto
• petoankerias
• petoeläin
• petohyönteinen
• petokala
• petokuoriainen
• petolintu
• petonisäkäs
• petopistiäinen
• petopunkki
• petovahinko
• pienpeto
• pussipeto
• suurpeto
• vesipeto
• villipeto

 

Further reading

• “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

Anagrams

• opet

Galician

peto verdeal ("green woodpecker")

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeto̝/

Noun

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

Derived terms

• petar
• peto de ánimas
• ter un peto

Related terms

• peteiro
• petón

References

• 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

Etymology 2

Verb

peto

1. first-person singular present indicative of petar

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin pēditum.

Noun

peto m (plural peti)

1. (vulgar) fart, toot

Derived terms

• petare

 

See also

• flato
• loffa
• scoreggia
• vescia

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

peto

1. first-person singular present indicative of petare

Anagrams

• pote, poté, tope

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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.

Synonyms

• (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

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

• appetō
• competō
• expetō
• hērēdipeta
• impetō
• lucripeta
• perpetuus
• petessō
• petītiō
• petulāns
• petulcus
• praepes
• repetō
• suppetō

 

Descendants

• Sardinian: pètere
• → Old French: peter

Reflexes of an assumed variant *petīre:

• Balkan Romance:
  • Romanian: peți
• Italo-Romance:
  • ⇒ Italian: pezzire
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: pedire, petire
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: pedir
  • Old Occitan: pedir
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: pidir
  • Galician: pedir
  • Portuguese: pedir, pidir (obsolete)
  • Spanish: pedir
• Borrowings:
  • → Proto-Brythonic: [Term?]
    • Breton: pedi, pidi
    • Cornish: pesy
    • Welsh: pedi

References

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

Further reading

• “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
    

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑁂𑀢𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• पेतो (Devanagari script)
• পেতো (Bengali script)
• පෙතො (Sinhalese script)
• ပေတော or ပေတေႃ (Burmese script)
• เปโต (Thai script)
• ᨷᩮᨲᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ເປໂຕ (Lao script)
• បេតោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄬𑄖𑄮 (Chakma script)

Noun

peto

1. nominative singular of peta (“ghost”)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

peto (Cyrillic spelling пето)

1. vocative singular of peta

Slovene

Noun

peto

1. accusative/instrumental singular of peta

Spanish

overalls (1)

breastplate (2)

A baseball player with a chest protector (4)

Football players wearing red bibs/pinnies (5) during a match

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• petirrojo

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

peto

1. first-person singular present indicative of petar

Further reading

• “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