appetant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →appeto, appetere, appetivi, appetitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
seek/grasp after, desire; assail; strive eagerly/long for; approach, near;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...languidi corporis; ergo ne rem quidem magis appetes aut amabis hilarem ac pacatam quam distractam et operosam..."Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Melius istis uiribus Noua regna nullo scelere maculata appetes. Quin ipse frater, arma comitatus tua, Tibi militabit. Vade..."Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...propulsare contraria. Ergo omni animali illud, quod appetiti positum est in eo, quod naturae est accommodatum. ita finis..."Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...quod ante, quam voluptas aut dolor attigerit, salutaria appetant parvi aspernenturque contraria, quod non fieret, nisi statum suum..."