appeto

== Latin == === Alternative forms === adpetō === Etymology === From ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ petō (“seek”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈap.pɛ.toː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈap.pe.to] === Verb === appetō (present infinitive appetere, perfect active appetīvī or appetiī, supine appetītum); third conjugation (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 (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 (intransitive) to approach, draw nigh to, be at hand (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 ==== ==== 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.