noun · femininethird declension
appetītiō
appetītiō f (genitive appetītiōnis)
Classical[ap.pɛˈtiː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ap.peˈtit.t͡si.o]
Meaning
- The act of grasping at or reaching after something.
- figurativelyA passionate longing or striving for something, strong desire, impulse or inclination.
- figurativelyA desire for food, appetite.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | appetītiō | appetītiōnēs adpetītiōnēs |
| genitive | appetītiōnis adpetītiōnis | appetītiōnum adpetītiōnum |
| dative | appetītiōnī adpetītiōnī | appetītiōnibus adpetītiōnibus |
| accusative | appetītiōnem adpetītiōnem | appetītiōnēs adpetītiōnēs |
| ablative | appetītiōne adpetītiōne | appetītiōnibus adpetītiōnibus |
| vocative | appetītiō | appetītiōnēs adpetītiōnēs |
appĕtītĭo (adp-), ōnis, f. id., *
I. a grasping at something, a reaching after.
II. Trop.
A. In gen., a passionate longing or striving for something, strong desire or inclination (most freq. in Cic.): aliter adpetitio (eam enim esse volumus ὁρμήν), quā ad agendum impellimur et id adpetimus, quod est visum, moveri non potest, Cic. Ac. 2, 8, 24; so id. Fin. 3, 7, 23; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:
alieni, id. Off. 3, 6, 30: societatis, Sen. Ep. 9.—* B. Esp., a desire for food, an appetite (cf. abstinentia), Gell. 16, 3, 2.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
appetītiō (adp-) ōnis, f
appeto, a grasping at: solis.—Fig., an earnest longing, desire, strong inclination: naturalis: principatūs.
Origins
From appetō (“grasp after something; desire eagerly, long for”) + -tiō, from ad + petō (“seek”).
Descendants
- Englishappetition
- Portugueseapetição
In English words that came into English from appetītiō
- appetitionappetītiō