From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + petō (“seek”).
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, 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 of appetō (third conjugation)
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| indicative
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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appetō
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appetis
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appetit
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appetimus
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appetitis
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appetunt
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| imperfect
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appetēbam
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appetēbās
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appetēbat
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appetēbāmus
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appetēbātis
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appetēbant
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| future
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appetam
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appetēs
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appetet
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appetēmus
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appetētis
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appetent
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| perfect
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appetīvī,
appetiī
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appetīvistī,
appetiistī
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appetīvit,
appetiit
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appetīvimus,
appetiimus
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appetīvistis,
appetiistis
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appetīvērunt,
appetīvēre,
appetiērunt,
appetiēre
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| pluperfect
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appetīveram,
appetieram
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appetīverās,
appetierās
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appetīverat,
appetierat
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appetīverāmus,
appetierāmus
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appetīverātis,
appetierātis
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appetīverant,
appetierant
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| future perfect
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appetīverō,
appetierō
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appetīveris,
appetieris
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appetīverit,
appetierit
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appetīverimus,
appetierimus
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appetīveritis,
appetieritis
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appetīverint,
appetierint
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| passive
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present
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appetor
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appeteris,
appetere
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appetitur
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appetimur
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appetiminī
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appetuntur
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| imperfect
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appetēbar
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appetēbāris,
appetēbāre
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appetēbātur
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appetēbāmur
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appetēbāminī
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appetēbantur
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| future
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appetar
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appetēris,
appetēre
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appetētur
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appetēmur
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appetēminī
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appetentur
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| perfect
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appetītus + present active indicative of sum
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| pluperfect
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appetītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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| future perfect
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appetītus + future active indicative of sum
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| subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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appetam
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appetās
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appetat
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appetāmus
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appetātis
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appetant
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| imperfect
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appeterem
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appeterēs
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appeteret
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appeterēmus
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appeterētis
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appeterent
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| perfect
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appetīverim,
appetierim
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appetīverīs,
appetierīs
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appetīverit,
appetierit
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appetīverīmus,
appetierīmus
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appetīverītis,
appetierītis
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appetīverint,
appetierint
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| pluperfect
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appetīvissem,
appetiissem
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appetīvissēs,
appetiissēs
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appetīvisset,
appetiisset
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appetīvissēmus,
appetiissēmus
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appetīvissētis,
appetiissētis
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appetīvissent,
appetiissent
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| passive
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present
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appetar
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appetāris,
appetāre
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appetātur
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appetāmur
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appetāminī
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appetantur
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| imperfect
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appeterer
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appeterēris,
appeterēre
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appeterētur
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appeterēmur
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appeterēminī
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appeterentur
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| perfect
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appetītus + present active subjunctive of sum
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| pluperfect
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appetītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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| imperative
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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—
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appete
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—
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—
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appetite
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—
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| future
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—
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appetitō
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appetitō
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—
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appetitōte
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appetuntō
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| passive
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present
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—
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appetere
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—
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—
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appetiminī
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—
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| future
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—
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appetitor
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appetitor
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—
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—
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appetuntor
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| non-finite forms
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active
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passive
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| present
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perfect
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future
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present
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perfect
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future
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| infinitives
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appetere
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appetīvisse,
appetiisse
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appetītūrum esse
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appetī
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appetītum esse
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appetītum īrī
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| participles
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appetēns
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—
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appetītūrus
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—
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appetītus
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appetendus,
appetundus
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| verbal nouns
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gerund
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supine
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| genitive
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dative
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accusative
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ablative
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accusative
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ablative
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| appetendī
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appetendō
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appetendum
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appetendō
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appetītum
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appetītū
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- “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.
- 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)
