appeto

Latin

Alternative forms

• adpetō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈap.pe.toː/, [ˈäpːɛt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈap.pe.to/, [ˈäpːet̪o]

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

• appetēns, adpetēns
• appetenter, adpetenter
• appetentia, adpetentia
• appetibilis, adpetibilis
• appetissō
• appetītiō, adpetītiō
• appetītīvus
• appetītor
• appetītrīx
• appetītus, adpetītus

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)