appetitio

Latin

Alternative forms
  • adpetītiō

Etymology

From appetō (“grasp after something; desire eagerly, long for”), from ad + petō (“seek”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ap.peˈtiː.ti.oː/, [ap.pɛˈtiː.ti.oː]

Noun

appetītiō f (genitive appetītiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of grasping at or reaching after something.
  2. (figuratively) A passionate longing or striving for something, strong desire, impulse or inclination.
  3. (figuratively) A desire for food, appetite.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative appetītiō appetītiōnēs
Genitive appetītiōnis appetītiōnum
Dative appetītiōnī appetītiōnibus
Accusative appetītiōnem appetītiōnēs
Ablative appetītiōne appetītiōnibus
Vocative appetītiō appetītiōnēs

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Descendants

References
  • appetitio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • appetitio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • appetitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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