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ap-pĕto (adp- , Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app- , Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare);
I.act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “solem manibus adpetere,Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; so id. ib. 2, 41: “placentam,Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 183; so, adpetere manum osculis, to seize upon the hand with kisses, i. e. in order to kiss it, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250; “hence, appeti, of old men whose hands one seizes and kisses: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia, salutari, adpeti, decedi, adsurgi, etc.,Cic. Sen. 18, 63; hence (like accedere), to go or come somewhere, to approach, arrive at: “urbem,Suet. Caes. 42.— Of things without life: mare terram adpetens, pressing or rushing on, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100: “crescebat interim urbs, munitionibus alia atque alia adpetendo loca,by continually advancing farther, Liv. 1, 8: “Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems adpetebat,only snow and frost had approached, Tac. Agr. 10.—
B. Esp., to attack, to fall or seize upon, assault, assail (syn.: “peto, adgredior, adorior, invado): lapidibus appetere,Cic. Dom. 5, 13: “ferro atque insidiis,id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30; id. Planc. 29 fin.: “umerum gladio,Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Liv. 7, 26: “aquila aquaticas aves adpetit,Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9: “morsu,Tac. H. 4, 42; Dig. 38, 2, 14; 48, 5, 27 al.Trop.: “ignominiis omnibus appetitis,Cic. Quint. 31: “me amor appetit,Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8: “(uxor) falsā suspitione appetitur,Vulg. Num. 5, 14.—
C. Trop., to strive after earnestly, to desire eagerly, to long for (syn.: peto, cupio, expeto; opp. declino, aspernor; v. infra): aliut in dies magis adpetitur, * Lucr. 5, 1279: “ut bona naturā adpetimus, sic a malis naturā declinamus,Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; cf. id. N. D. 3, 13, 33: “idem non modo non recusem, sed appetam etiam atque deposcam,id. Phil. 3, 14: “inimicitias potentium appetere,id. Mil. 36; so id. Rosc. Am. 18; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2; id. Agr. 2, 23: “alterum esse adpetendum, alterum aspernandum,id. Fin. 1, 9, 31 al.: “amicitiam,Caes. B. G. 1, 40: “adulescentium familiaritates,Sall. C. 14, 5: “hereditates,Suet. Aug. 60: “divitias,Vulg. Sap. 8, 5; ib. 1 Tim. 6, 10: “nihil ornamentorum,Suet. Vesp. 12 al.: “alienum,Phaedr. 1, 4, 1: “nec abnuendum imperium nec adpetendum,Sen. Thyest. 472 et saep.—Also of food, to have an appetite for (cf. appetitio, II. B.): “appetitur vilis oliva,Mart. 9, 27: “pisciculos minutos, caseum,Suet. Aug. 76.—Constr. with inf. as object: “ut adpetat animus agere semper aliquid,Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55; Stat. Th. 1, 234; Pall. 10, 13, 2.—
II. Neutr., to draw on or nigh, to approach, be at hand (only of time and things having relation to it; “syn.: venio, advenio, adpropinquo, adsum): cum appetit meridies,Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 116: “dies adpetebat,Caes. B. G. 6, 35: “nox jam adpetebat,Liv. 8, 38; so id. 5, 44; 10, 42: “tempus anni,id. 34, 13; so id. 22, 1; 29, 10 al.: “lux,Tac. A. 4, 51 al.: “partitudo cui appetit,Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36: “consularia comitia adpetebant,Liv. 41, 28: “adpetit finis,Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 23 fin.— Hence, appĕtens (adp- ), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.); pr. striving passionately after something; hence,
B. Esp., eager for money (cf. abundans), avaricious: “homo non cupidus neque appetens,Cic. Agr. 2, 8: “grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa,id. de Or. 2, 43, 182.—Adv.: appĕtenter (adp- ), eagerly, in a grasping spirit or manner: “ne cupide quid agerent, ne adpetenter,Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; App. M. 7, p. 192, 40 Elm.—Comp. and sup. not used.
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