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, long for, covet; have an appetite for
    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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives appetere appetīvisse,
appetiisse		 appetītūrum esse appetī appetītum esse appetītum īrī
participles appetēns — appetītūrus — appetītus appetendus,
appetundus
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, 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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