appeto

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ petō (“seek”).

Pronunciation

Verb

appetō (present infinitive appetere, perfect active appetīvī or appetiī, supine appetītum); third conjugation

  1. (transitive) to strive for, reach after (something), try to get
    Synonyms: lūctor, ēlabōrō, cōnor, certō, cōnītor, ēnītor, temptō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, circumspiciō, contendō, adnītor, īnsequor, labōrō, pugnō, mōlior, perīclitor, nītor, spectō
  2. (transitive) to attack, fall or seize upon, assault, assail
    Synonyms: irrumpō, impetō, aggredior, accēdō, adorior, incidō, oppugnō, incurrō, concurrō, petō, accurrō, occurrō, incēdō, intrō, excurrō, īnstō, invādō, adeō, arripiō, inruō, assiliō, opprimō, incessō, invehō, lacessō
    Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō
  3. (intransitive) to approach, draw nigh to, be at hand
  4. (figuratively) to desire eagerly, long for, covet; have an appetite for
    Synonyms: requīrō, quaerō, affectō, cupiō, studeō, concupiō, indigeō, sitiō, petō, expetō, spectō, aveō, voveō
    Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of appetō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present appetō appetis appetit appetimus appetitis appetunt
imperfect appetēbam appetēbās appetēbat appetēbāmus appetēbātis appetēbant
future appetam appetēs appetet appetēmus appetētis appetent
perfect appetīvī,
appetiī 		appetīvistī,
appetiistī 		appetīvit,
appetiit 		appetīvimus,
appetiimus 		appetīvistis,
appetiistis 		appetīvērunt,
appetīvēre,
appetiērunt,
appetiēre
pluperfect appetīveram,
appetieram 		appetīverās,
appetierās 		appetīverat,
appetierat 		appetīverāmus,
appetierāmus 		appetīverātis,
appetierātis 		appetīverant,
appetierant
future perfect appetīverō,
appetierō 		appetīveris,
appetieris 		appetīverit,
appetierit 		appetīverimus,
appetierimus 		appetīveritis,
appetieritis 		appetīverint,
appetierint
passive present appetor appeteris,
appetere 		appetitur appetimur appetiminī appetuntur
imperfect appetēbar appetēbāris,
appetēbāre 		appetēbātur appetēbāmur appetēbāminī appetēbantur
future appetar appetēris,
appetēre 		appetētur appetēmur appetēminī appetentur
perfect appetītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect appetītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect appetītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present appetam appetās appetat appetāmus appetātis appetant
imperfect appeterem appeterēs appeteret appeterēmus appeterētis appeterent
perfect appetīverim,
appetierim 		appetīverīs,
appetierīs 		appetīverit,
appetierit 		appetīverīmus,
appetierīmus 		appetīverītis,
appetierītis 		appetīverint,
appetierint
pluperfect appetīvissem,
appetiissem 		appetīvissēs,
appetiissēs 		appetīvisset,
appetiisset 		appetīvissēmus,
appetiissēmus 		appetīvissētis,
appetiissētis 		appetīvissent,
appetiissent
passive present appetar appetāris,
appetāre 		appetātur appetāmur appetāminī appetantur
imperfect appeterer appeterēris,
appeterēre 		appeterētur appeterēmur appeterēminī appeterentur
perfect appetītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect appetītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — appete — — appetite —
future — appetitō appetitō — appetitōte appetuntō
passive present — appetere — — appetiminī —
future — appetitor appetitor — — appetuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives appetere appetīvisse,
appetiisse 		appetītūrum esse appetī appetītum esse appetītum īrī
participles appetēns — appetītūrus — appetītus appetendus,
appetundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
appetendī appetendō appetendum appetendō appetītum appetītū

Derived terms

References

  • “appeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “appeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • appeto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • spring is approaching: ver appetit
    • to court a person's friendship: amicitiam alicuius appetere
    • to aspire to the sovereignty: regnum appetere (B. G. 7. 4)
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