appetitus

Latin

Alternative forms

adpetītus

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ap.peˈtiː.tus/, [äpːɛˈt̪iːt̪ʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ap.peˈti.tus/, [äpːeˈt̪iːt̪us]

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.

	singular	plural
nominative	appetītus	appetītūs
genitive	appetītūs	appetītuum
dative	appetītuī	appetītibus
accusative	appetītum	appetītūs
ablative	appetītū	appetītibus
vocative	appetītus	appetītūs

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.

→ Alemannic German: Abedidd
→ Asturian: petite
→ Belarusian: апетыт (apjetyt)
→ Catalan: apetit
→ Dalmatian: apetiat
→ Estonian: apetiit
→ Old French: apetit
- Middle French: appetit
  - French: appétit
    - → Bulgarian: апетит (apetit)
    - → Danish: appetit
    - → Norwegian: appetitt
    - → Portuguese: apetite
    - → Romanian: apetit
- → Middle Dutch: appetijt
  - Dutch: appetijt
    - Afrikaans: aptyt
    - → Sranan Tongo: apteiti
- → Middle English: appetit
  - English: appetite
  - Scots: appeteet
→ Galician: apetito
→ Italian: appetito
→ Latvian: apetīte
→ Lithuanian: apetitas
→ Macedonian: апетит (apetit)
→ Norwegian: apetitt
→ Plautdietsch: Apetiet
→ Polish: apetyt
→ Russian: аппети́т (appetít)
→ Sassarese: appitìtu
→ Slovak: apetít
→ Slovene: apetit
→ Spanish: apetito
→ Swedish: aptit
→ Ukrainian: апетит (apetyt)

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.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	appetītus	appetīta	appetītum	appetītī	appetītae	appetīta
genitive	appetītī	appetītae	appetītī	appetītōrum	appetītārum	appetītōrum
dative	appetītō	appetītae	appetītō	appetītīs
accusative	appetītum	appetītam	appetītum	appetītōs	appetītās	appetīta
ablative	appetītō	appetītā	appetītō	appetītīs
vocative	appetīte	appetīta	appetītum	appetītī	appetītae	appetīta

Related terms

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.