appetens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of appetō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈap.pe.tens/, [ˈäpːɛt̪ẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈap.pe.tens/, [ˈäpːet̪ens]

Participle

appetēns (genitive appetentis, superlative appetentissimus, adverb appetenter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. striving for
2. assaulting, assailing
3. approaching
4. desiring
5. covetous, desirous

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	appetēns			appetentēs	appetentia
Genitive	appetentis			appetentium
Dative	appetentī			appetentibus
Accusative	appetentem	appetēns		appetentēs appetentīs	appetentia
Ablative	appetente appetentī1			appetentibus
Vocative	appetēns			appetentēs	appetentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Related terms

• appetenter, adpetenter
• appetentia, adpetentia
• appetibilis, adpetibilis
• appetissō
• appetītio, adpetītio
• appetītīvus
• appetītor
• appetītrīx
• appetītus, adpetītus

Descendants

• → Catalan: apetent
• → English: appetent
• → French: appétent
• → Portuguese: apetente
• → Spanish: apetente

References

• “appetens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “appetens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• appetens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.