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LNS

appetītiō, appetītiōnis

(adpetītiō, adpetītiōnis)

appeto

noun (f., 3^rd declension)

a grasping at, a reaching after
a passionate longing or striving for something, strong desire or inclination
a desire for food, an appetite

Abbreviations

appetītio (adp-), ōnis, f. id., * a grasping at something, a reaching after. Lit.: adpetitio solis, Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46.

— Trop. 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.

—* Esp., a desire for food, an appetite (cf. abstinentia), Gell. 16, 3, 2.