postulas

Postulas is a Latin verb form derived from postulare, meaning to demand, request, or require. It is the second-person singular present indicative active: you demand. The verb belongs to the first conjugation, and its principal parts are postulo, postulare, postulavi, postulatus. The present system yields forms such as ego postulo and tu postulas, with postulas specifically representing the second-person singular.

In usage, postulas can take a direct object in the accusative to specify what is being demanded, for example postulas causam (you demand a reason) or postulas ius (you demand rights). It appears in classical Latin texts across legal, rhetorical, and philosophical contexts to express assertion, entitlement, or petition.

In modern scholarship and teaching of Latin, postulas serves as a standard example of the 2nd person singular present active form and is discussed in grammar and morphology discussions. It is primarily encountered as a grammatical form rather than a standalone concept in other disciplines.

See also: postulare, postulatio, postulatus.