appetitio
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From appetō (“grasp after something; desire eagerly, long for”) + -tiō, from ad + petō (“seek”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ap.peˈtiː.ti.oː/, [äpːɛˈt̪iːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ap.peˈtit.t͡si.o/, [äpːeˈt̪it̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
appetītiō f (genitive appetītiōnis); third declension
- The act of grasping at or reaching after something.
- (figuratively) A passionate longing or striving for something, strong desire, impulse or inclination.
- (figuratively) A desire for food, appetite.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: appetition
- → Portuguese: apetição
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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