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
- T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...audias, sed procellunt se et procumbunt dimidiati, dum appetunt. Pal. Bonus bene ut malos descripsit mores. Per. Haud..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..."