appeto

appeto

Latin

Alternative forms

• adpetō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. (transitive) I 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) I 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) I approach, draw nigh to, be at hand
4. (figuratively) I 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

• 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
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  • to court a person's friendship: amicitiam alicuius appetere
    
  • to aspire to the sovereignty: regnum appetere (B. G. 7. 4)