appeto

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈap.pe.toː/, [ˈap.pɛ.toː]

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) I strive or grasp after (something), try to get
  2. (transitive) I attack, fall or seize upon, assault, assail
  3. (intransitive) I approach, draw nigh to, be at hand
  4. (figuratively) I desire eagerly, long for, covet; have an appetite for

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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