appetitio

Latin

Alternative forms

• adpetītiō

Etymology

From appetō (“grasp after something; desire eagerly, long for”) +‎ -tiō, from ad + petō (“seek”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ap.peˈtiː.ti.oː/, [äpːɛˈt̪iːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ap.peˈtit.t͡si.o/, [äpːeˈt̪it̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

appetītiō f (genitive appetītiōnis); third declension

1. The act of grasping at or reaching after something.
2. (figuratively) A passionate longing or striving for something, strong desire, impulse or inclination.

   Synonyms: cupīdō, libīdō, dēsīderium, studium, appetītus, amor, impetus, ardor, inclīnātiō, prōpēnsiō, avāritia

3. (figuratively) A desire for food, appetite.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	appetītiō	appetītiōnēs
Genitive	appetītiōnis	appetītiōnum
Dative	appetītiōnī	appetītiōnibus
Accusative	appetītiōnem	appetītiōnēs
Ablative	appetītiōne	appetītiōnibus
Vocative	appetītiō	appetītiōnēs

Related terms

• appetēns, adpetēns
• appetenter, adpetenter
• appetentia, adpetentia
• appetibilis, adpetibilis
• appetissō
• appetītīvus
• appetītor
• appetītrīx
• appetītus, adpetītus

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.