appetitus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === adpetītus === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ap.pɛˈtiː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ap.peˈtiː.tus] === Etymology 1 === From appetō (“strive after, assail”) +‎ -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs). ==== Noun ==== appetītus m (genitive appetītūs); fourth declension an attack, assault Synonyms: impetus, concursus, invāsiō, assultus, aggressiō, impressiō, oppugnātiō, incursus, occursĭo, petītiō, incursiō, vīs, ictus, procella passionate desire or longing Synonyms: cupīdō, libīdō, studium, appetītiō, dēsīderium, amor, impetus, ardor, calor, avāritia the faculty of desire passion, appetite ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Romance descendants are probably all borrowed. In some non-Romance borrowings, it is unclear if they were borrowed directly from Latin or via French. === Etymology 2 === Perfect passive participle of appetō (“strive after, assail”). ==== Participle ==== appetītus (feminine appetīta, neuter appetītum); first/second-declension participle desired, coveted having been longed for. attacked, assaulted, having been assailed. ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Related terms ===== appetentia appetītiō appetītōr appetō === References === “appetitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “appetitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “appetitus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.