appetite Copy link Outline I. Any natural desire1. appĕtītus, appĕtītĭo, appĕtentia (these three cognate words are precisely synonymous in the sense of appetite2. cŭpĭdĭtas (stronger and more active than the preceding; it usu. denotes that the particular object of the appetite is already desired with violence)II. Actual desire for food1. appĕtentia (cibi)2. appĕtītĭo (the context showing that the reference is to food)3. voluntas cibi capiendi4. cupiditas cibi5. cibi potionisque aviditas (evidently used of an eager desire for)6. ēsŭrītio (stronger than the foregoing and denoting actual hungriness) • appetite: I. Any natural desire: 1. appĕtītus, appĕtītĭo, appĕtentia (these three cognate words are precisely synonymous in the sense of appetite: but appetitio also denotes the act of seeking or aiming at something, while both it and appetentia are of less frequent occurrence): appetite, which the Greeks call ὁρμὴ, appetitus quae est ὁρμὴ Graece; appetitiones quas illi ὁρμὰς nominant, Cic.: to control the a.s, appetitus regere, sedare, contrahere, Cic.: unbridled a., effrenata appetentia, Cic. 2. cŭpĭdĭtas (stronger and more active than the preceding; it usu. denotes that the particular object of the appetite is already desired with violence): v. desire, lust, longing. II. Actual desire for food: 1. appĕtentia (cibi): to provoke the a. by drinking, invitare vino a. ciborum, Plin. 2. appĕtītĭo (the context showing that the reference is to food): Gell. 3. voluntas cibi capiendi: Gell. 4. cupiditas cibi: Cels. 5. cibi potionisque aviditas (evidently used of an eager desire for): Cic.; also, aviditas ad cibos, Pl. 6. ēsŭrītio (stronger than the foregoing and denoting actual hungriness): Gell. Phr.: to get an a. by walking, famem ambulando obsonare, Cic: to have an a. for small fish, pisciculos appetere, Suet.: I begin dinner with a good a., integram famem ad ovum affero, Cic.: to take one's meals with a good a., libenter edere, coenare, Cic.: Plin. ep.: to pacify a ravenous a., stomachum latrantem lenire, Hor.: a good a., jejunus stomachus (fig.), Hor.: to provoke a. by a vomit, ἐμετικὴν agere, Cic.: the satisfying of a., cibi satietas, Cic.: to have no a. for a thing, fastidire aliquid, Hor.: v. hunger.