appĕtītĭo | adp- (noun F) : (), , id., *
* A grasping at something, a reaching after.
* Lit.: adpetitio solis,Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46.
* Trop.
* In gen., a passionate longing or striving for something, strong desire or inclination (most freq. in Cic.): aliter adpetitio (eam enim esse volumus ὁρμήν), quā ad agendum impellimur et id adpetimus, quod est visum, moveri non potest, Cic. Ac. 2, 8, 24; so id. Fin. 3, 7, 23; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33: alieni,id. Off. 3, 6, 30: societatis,Sen. Ep. 9.—*
* Esp., a desire for food, an appetite (cf. abstinentia), Gell. 16, 3, 2.

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