appeto

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • From ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ petō (“seek”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    appetō (present infinitive appetere, perfect active appetīvī or appetiī, supine appetītum); third conjugation

    1. (transitive) to strive for, reach after (something), try to get
      Synonyms: lūctor, ēlabōrō, cōnor, certō, cōnītor, ēnītor, temptō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, circumspiciō, contendō, adnītor, īnsequor, labōrō, pugnō, mōlior, perīclitor, nītor, spectō
    2. (transitive) to attack, fall or seize upon, assault, assail
      Synonyms: irrumpō, impetō, aggredior, accēdō, adorior, incidō, oppugnō, incurrō, concurrō, petō, accurrō, occurrō, incēdō, intrō, excurrō, īnstō, invādō, adeō, arripiō, inruō, assiliō, opprimō, incessō, invehō, lacessō
      Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō
    3. (intransitive) to approach, draw nigh to, be at hand
    4. (figuratively) to desire eagerly (for personal or bodily gratification), long for, covet; have an appetite for; craved
      Synonyms: requīrō, quaerō, affectō, cupiō, studeō, concupiō, indigeō, sitiō, petō, expetō, spectō, aveō, voveō
      Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of appetō (third conjugation)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present appetō appetis appetit appetimus appetitis appetunt
    imperfect appetēbam appetēbās appetēbat appetēbāmus appetēbātis appetēbant
    future appetam appetēs appetet appetēmus appetētis appetent
    perfect appetīvī,
    appetiī     		appetīvistī,
    appetiistī     		appetīvit,
    appetiit     		appetīvimus,
    appetiimus     		appetīvistis,
    appetiistis     		appetīvērunt,
    appetīvēre,
    appetiērunt,
    appetiēre
    pluperfect appetīveram,
    appetieram     		appetīverās,
    appetierās     		appetīverat,
    appetierat     		appetīverāmus,
    appetierāmus     		appetīverātis,
    appetierātis     		appetīverant,
    appetierant
    future perfect appetīverō,
    appetierō     		appetīveris,
    appetieris     		appetīverit,
    appetierit     		appetīverimus,
    appetierimus     		appetīveritis,
    appetieritis     		appetīverint,
    appetierint
    passive present appetor appeteris,
    appetere     		appetitur appetimur appetiminī appetuntur
    imperfect appetēbar appetēbāris,
    appetēbāre     		appetēbātur appetēbāmur appetēbāminī appetēbantur
    future appetar appetēris,
    appetēre     		appetētur appetēmur appetēminī appetentur
    perfect appetītus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect appetītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect appetītus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present appetam appetās appetat appetāmus appetātis appetant
    imperfect appeterem appeterēs appeteret appeterēmus appeterētis appeterent
    perfect appetīverim,
    appetierim     		appetīverīs,
    appetierīs     		appetīverit,
    appetierit     		appetīverīmus,
    appetierīmus     		appetīverītis,
    appetierītis     		appetīverint,
    appetierint
    pluperfect appetīvissem,
    appetiissem     		appetīvissēs,
    appetiissēs     		appetīvisset,
    appetiisset     		appetīvissēmus,
    appetiissēmus     		appetīvissētis,
    appetiissētis     		appetīvissent,
    appetiissent
    passive present appetar appetāris,
    appetāre     		appetātur appetāmur appetāminī appetantur
    imperfect appeterer appeterēris,
    appeterēre     		appeterētur appeterēmur appeterēminī appeterentur
    perfect appetītus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect appetītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — appete — — appetite —
    future — appetitō appetitō — appetitōte appetuntō
    passive present — appetere — — appetiminī —
    future — appetitor appetitor — — appetuntor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present appetere appetī appetēns —
    future appetītūrum esse appetītum īrī appetītūrus appetendus,
    appetundus
    perfect appetīvisse,
    appetiisse     		appetītum esse — appetītus
    future perfect — appetītum fore — —
    perfect potential appetītūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    appetendī appetendō appetendum appetendō appetītum appetītū

    Derived terms

    References

    • “appeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “appeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “appeto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • spring is approaching: ver appetit
      • to court a person's friendship: amicitiam alicuius appetere
      • to aspire to the sovereignty: regnum appetere (B. G. 7. 4)
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