appetitor

Latin

Alternative forms

• adpetītor

Etymology

From appetō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ap.peˈtiː.tor/, [äpːɛˈt̪iːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ap.peˈti.tor/, [äpːeˈt̪iːt̪or]

Noun

appetītor m (genitive appetītōris, feminine appetītrīx); third declension

1. one that strives or longs for something

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	appetītor	appetītōrēs
Genitive	appetītōris	appetītōrum
Dative	appetītōrī	appetītōribus
Accusative	appetītōrem	appetītōrēs
Ablative	appetītōre	appetītōribus
Vocative	appetītor	appetītōrēs

Related terms

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

Verb

appetitor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of appetō

References

• “appetitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• appetitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.