appetiti
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;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →appetitus, appetitus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
appetite, desire; esp. natural/instinctive desire;
gen. sg.
Examples
- L
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..." - L
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..."