LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

appetentia

appetentia f (genitive appetentiae)
Classical[ap.pɛˈtɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[ap.peˈtɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. femininea longing after something; appetite

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeappetentiaappetentiae
adpetentiae
genitiveappetentiae
adpetentiae		appetentiārum
adpetentiārum
dativeappetentiae
adpetentiae		appetentiīs
adpetentiīs
accusativeappetentiam
adpetentiam		appetentiās
adpetentiās
ablativeappetentiāappetentiīs
adpetentiīs
vocativeappetentiaappetentiae
adpetentiae

appĕtentĭa (adp-), ae, f. appeto,
I. a longing after something, appetite: adpetentia cibi, Plin. 19, 8, 38, § 127: liberalium artium, id. 23, 1, 22, § 38: gloriae, Aur. Vict. Epit. 15.—Without gen., desire, longing: libido effrenatam (efficit) adpetentiam, Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15.

Origins

From appetēns (“striving for”) + -ia, present participle of appetō.

Descendants
  • Catalanapetència
  • Frenchappétence
  • Englishappetencefrom French appétence
  • Italianappetenza
  • Portugueseapetência
  • Spanishapetencia
  • Galicianapetencia

In English words that came into English from appetentia

  • appetenceappetentia

Quick answers

What does appetentia mean in Latin?
appetentia, a noun, means “a longing after something; appetite”.
What is the genitive of appetentia?
The genitive singular is appetentiae. appetentia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce appetentia?
In classical Latin, [ap.pɛˈtɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ap.peˈtɛn.t͡si.a].