appetens

== Latin == === Etymology === Present participle of appetō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈap.pɛ.tẽːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈap.pe.tens] === Participle === appetēns (genitive appetentis, superlative appetentissimus, adverb appetenter); third-declension one-termination participle striving for assaulting, assailing approaching desiring covetous, desirous ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “appetens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “appetens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “appetens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.