English → Latin
“appetite” in Latin
appetōto strive for, reach after (something), try to get; to attack, fall or seize upon, assault, assail; to approach, draw niappetītiōThe act of grasping at or reaching after something.; A passionate longing or striving for something, strong desire, impucupiditāsdesire (deemed good, neutral or bad); lust, passion; cupidity, avarice, greed, covetousnesscupīdōdesire, longing, especially amorous desire, eagerness; lust, passion, greedaviditāsAn eagerness for something, avidity, longing, desire; covetousness, greed, avarice; gluttony, hungerlibīdōdesire, fancy, inclination, longing, pleasure, caprice, passion, wantonness; lust, sensualitydēsīderiumlonging, desire, wish (especially for something once possessed); grief, regret (desire for something lost); need, necessfamēshunger
The English word appetite itself goes back to Latin petō, through appetitus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
appetite
appetitus: appetitio: appetentia (striving after anything; instinctive longing for it): cupiditas: cupido (the latter more poetical): aviditas (greedy desire): libido (o natural, mostly sensual, desire; lust: libidines, unbridled desires, lusts): desiderium (longing desire accompanied by a sense of want). Vid: DESIRE.
Desire of eating, cibi cupiditas, aviditas or appetentia: cibi appetendi aviditas (In Gell., appetitus): fames (hunger). Want of appetite, fastidium: cibi satietas (when one is full). To have an appetite, cibum appetere: to have a good appetite, to eat with appetite, libenter cibum sumere (of an invalid); libenter cenare (general term: but of a particular instance, not of the habit): to have no appetite, cibum fastidire: to have no more appetite, satiatum esse, cibi satietate teneri: to create or produce an appetite, appetentiam cibi facere, praestare, invitare. Wine creates an appetite, cibi appetentia invitatur vino. To give anybody an appetite (= make his mouth water), salivam alicui movere (Sen.). To get an appetite by walking, famem ambulando opsonare. To recover one’s appetite, get a fresh appetite, aviditatem cibi appetendi revocare. To fall to with a good appetite, integram famem ad cibum afferre.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for appetite?
- The usual Latin words for “appetite” are appetō, appetītiō, cupiditās; also cupīdō, aviditās, libīdō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.