appetunt
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. ind. 3rd
Examples
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...audias, sed procellunt se et procumbunt dimidiati, dum appetunt. Pal. Bonus bene ut malos descripsit mores. Per. Haud..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...mendacium obrepit, quibusdam placet; illi non euitant, hi appetunt. [16,2] Haec in commune de tota natione, quae..."de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...occupationibus libenter deteruntur: ut ulcera quaedam nocituras manus appetunt et tactu gaudent et foedam corporum scabiem delectat quicquid..."Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...amoris pii Ego sum? Meorum facinorum exempla appetunt: Me nunc sequuntur; laudo, et agnosco libens. Exhortor, aliquid..."