Latin

Alternative forms

• adpetītiō

Noun

appetītiō f ‎(genitive appetītiōnis); third declension

1. The act of grasping at or reaching after something.
2. (figuratively) A passionate longing or striving for something, strong desire, impulse or inclination.
3. (figuratively) A desire for food, appetite.

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (strong desire): appetītus

Related terms

Descendants

• English: appetition
• Portuguese: apetição

References

• appetitio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• appetitio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “appetitio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.