peto
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of peto
First recorded in 1955–60; from Latin American Spanish (Cuba); Spanish: “breastplate,” from Italian petto “breast, breastplate,” from Latin pectus “breast”
Example Sentences
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If, in despair of victory, he should say like Mnestheus in Virgil, "Non jam prima peto," let him add to his countrymen, "extremos pudeat rediisse!"
From A Discourse Being Introductory to his Course of Lectures on Elocution and the English Language (1759) by Sheridan, Thomas
Till this affair is a little better determined, you will excuse me if I do not begin to cry: Tempus inane peto, requiem, spatiumque doloris.
From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by Wragg, H.
The correct reading is "Nec mihi regna peto," which Pitt altered to "nova."
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
As you go down daily to the Forum, turn the answer to this in your mind: 'Novus sum; consulatum peto; Roma est'—'I am a man of an untried family.
From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony
Till this affair is a little better determined, you will excuse me if I do not begin to cry, Tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque doloris.
From Select Poems of Thomas Gray by Carruthers, Robert
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