demand (v.) Copy link Outline 1. postŭlo, 1 (less strong than the Eng., yet implying some claim or right2. posco, pŏposci, 3 (with still less of authority)3. flāgĭto, 1 (to d. importunately, vehemently) • demand (v.): 1. postŭlo, 1 (less strong than the Eng., yet implying some claim or right: v. to claim, beg): to come to Rome to the Senate to d. assistance, Romam ad Senatum venire auxilium postulatum, Caes.: you d. of me two speeches, orationes duas me postulas, Cic.: also foll. by ut and ne with subj.: v. L. G. § 451. 2. posco, pŏposci, 3 (with still less of authority): to d. from any one a guardian, tutorem ab aliquo p., Suet.: when he had d.'d of the authorities the keys of the gates, claves portarum quum magistratus poposcisset, Liv.: v. to beg. 3. flāgĭto, 1 (to d. importunately, vehemently): to d. from any one pay, mercedem ab aliquo fl., Cic.: they d.'d corn of me (repeatedly), frumentum me flagitabant, Caes.: you d. of me that I speak out, flagitas me ut eloquar, Pl.: he d.'d the exhibition of the picture, flagitavit ostendi picturam, Plin. See also to request, ask, beg. Phr.: this matter d.s method and attention, hac in re habenda ratio et diligentia, Cic.: to live as one's dignity d.s, vivere pro dignitate, Nep.: to determine as one's dignity d.s, statuere ex dignitate, Cic.: the matter d.s much consideration, res magni consilii est, Cic.