petesso

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.