Peto

Latin-English

pĕt|ō, -ĕre, -īvī or -ĭī, -ītum. (ˈpe.to) v. trans.

1. To assail; to head for; to entreat.

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, Pro Murena 26.52:

etenim sciebam Catilinam non latus aut ventrem sed caput et collum solere petere

I knew Catiline doesn't go for the side or the gut, but usually for the head and the neck.