Appetitio, Veib. Cic.Endeuour to take holde of. Appetitio.Cic.Desire: lust.Appetitio & Declinatio, contraria.Cic.Appetitio principatus.Cic.Alieni appetitio.Cic.Appetitio animi.Cic. Appetitio. Gell. Appetite to meate.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
appĕtītĭo (adp-), ōnis, f. [id.], a grasping at something, a reaching after.I.Lit.: adpetitio solis, Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46.— II.Trop.A. In gen., a passionate longing or striving for something, strong desire or inclination (most freq. in Cic.): aliter adpetitio (eam enim esse volumus o(rmh/n), 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.— B. Esp., a desire for food, an appetite (cf. abstinentia), Gell. 16, 3, 2.