appetitus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From appetō (“strive after, assail”) +‎ -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs).

Noun

appetītus m (genitive appetītūs); fourth declension

  1. an attack, assault
    Synonyms: impetus, concursus, invāsiō, assultus, aggressiō, impressiō, oppugnātiō, incursus, occursĭo, petītiō, incursiō, vīs, ictus, procella
  2. passionate desire or longing
    Synonyms: cupīdō, libīdō, studium, appetītiō, dēsīderium, amor, impetus, ardor, calor, avāritia
  3. the faculty of desire
  4. passion, appetite
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative appetītus appetītūs
genitive appetītūs appetītuum
dative appetītuī appetītibus
accusative appetītum appetītūs
ablative appetītū appetītibus
vocative appetītus appetītūs
Descendants

Romance descendants are probably all borrowed. In some non-Romance borrowings, it is unclear if they were borrowed directly from Latin or via French.

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of appetō (“strive after, assail”).

Participle

appetītus (feminine appetīta, neuter appetītum); first/second-declension participle

  1. desired, coveted having been longed for.
  2. attacked, assaulted, having been assailed.
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative appetītus appetīta appetītum appetītī appetītae appetīta
genitive appetītī appetītae appetītī appetītōrum appetītārum appetītōrum
dative appetītō appetītae appetītō appetītīs
accusative appetītum appetītam appetītum appetītōs appetītās appetīta
ablative appetītō appetītā appetītō appetītīs
vocative appetīte appetīta appetītum appetītī appetītae appetīta

References

  • “appetitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “appetitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • appetitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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