without appetite

hĕbes, ĕtis ( acc. sing. hebem, Enn. and Caecil. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.; abl. hebeti;

but hebete,

Cels. 7, 3), adj. [hebeo], blunt, dull, in opp. to pointed or sharp (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).

Lit.: cujus (lunae) et nascentis et insenescentis alias hebetiora alias acutiora videntur cornua, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 122, 1:

tela leviora atque hebetiora,

id. Har. Resp. 1, 2:

quo latiora (ossa) quaque parte sunt, hoc hebetiora,

Cels. 8, 1, 66:

ponite jam gladios hebetes, pugnetur acutis,

Ov. A. A. 3, 589:

machaera,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 53; cf.:

hebeti mucrone,

Lucr. 5, 1274, and hebeti ictu, which does not penetrate, Ov. M. 12, 85:

oryx hebeti ferro caeditur,

Juv. 11, 140:

secures,

id. 8, 137:

angulus,

obtuse, Front. de Form. Agr. p. 32 Goes.—As subst.: hĕbĕtĭa, ium, n., blunt tools, Quint. 2, 12, 18.—

Transf., of sight, hearing, smell, taste, dull, dim, faint:

utroque oculo natura hebete,

Plin. 9, 15, 20:

color,

Ov. F. 5, 365; cf.:

(orbem solis) adhuc hebetem vicina nocte,

Stat. Ach. 2, 289:

carbunculi hebetiores,

Plin. 37, 7, 26, § 98:

postea quam sensi populi Romani aures hebetiores, oculos autem esse acres atque acutos,

Cic. Planc. 27, 66; cf. id. Rep. 6, 18:

uva gustu hebes,

tasteless, insipid, Col. 3, 2, 24: genus croci, without smell (opp. odoratum), Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 67:

os hebes est, positaeque movent fastidia mensae,

without appetite, Ov. P. 1, 10, 7:

caro,

without feeling, dead, Cels. 7, 6, 8; 7, 13, 1:

ossa gingivarum,

id. 6, 15, 17:

qui torpet hebes locus ille,

Ov. A. A. 3, 799. —

Trop., dull, obtuse, sluggish, heavy, doltish, stupid (syn.:

bardus, stupidus, ineptus, absurdus, stultus, fatuus, stolidus, brutus, etc.): sensus omnes hebetes et tardos esse arbitrabantur,

Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31:

puer incessu tardus, sensu hebes,

Plin. 7, 16, 17, § 76:

tanta solertia animalium hebetissimis quoque est,

id. 9, 30, 48:

Epicurus, quem hebetem et rudem dicere solent Stoici,

Cic. Div. 2, 50, 103; cf.:

omnium ceterarum rerum oratio ludus est homini non hebeti neque inexercitato neque communium litterarum et politioris humanitatis experti,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 71:

memoria,

id. ib. 2, 87, 357:

me hebetem molestiae reddiderunt,

id. Att. 9, 17, 2:

nisi qui sit plane hebes,

Quint. 7, 1, 48:

nisi forte tam hebes futurus est judex, ut, etc.,

id. 4, 2, 66: hebes ad aliquid, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1; cf.:

quis adeo hebes inveniretur, ut crederet? etc.,

Tac. A. 14, 11: exercitus hebes infirmusque, raw, undisciplined,=rudis, Sall. J. 54, 3: hebes ad sustinendum laborem [p. 844] miles, sluggish, slow, tardy, Tac. H. 2, 99; Ov. M. 13, 135:

adulescentia bruta et hebes,

Sen. Ben. 3, 37, 3:

spondeus quod est e longis duabus, hebetior videtur et tardior,

Cic. Or. 64, 216: sed hac rhetorica philosophorum, non nostra illa forensi, quam necesse est, cum populariter loquatur, esse interdum paulo hebetiorem, i. e. more superficial, common (opp. to philosophical acuteness, nicety), id. Fin. 2, 6, 17:

dolor,

id. Att. 8, 3, 4:

hoc Pansa aut non videt (hebeti enim ingenio est) aut negligit,

id. Phil. 10, 8, 17; cf.:

hebetiora hominum ingenia,

id. N. D. 2, 6, 17:

ratio,

Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119:

quaedam hebes, sordida, jejuna oratio,

Quint. 8, 3, 49:

quasdam (litteras) velut acriores parum efficimus et aliis non dissimilibus sed quasi hebetioribus permutamus,

id. 1, 11, 4.—Of a speaker: hebes lingua, magis malus quam callidus ingenio, Ps.-Sall. de Rep. 2, 9, 1.

hĕbes, ĕtis ( acc. sing. hebem, Enn. and Caecil. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.; abl. hebeti;

but hebete,

Cels. 7, 3), adj. [hebeo], blunt, dull, in opp. to pointed or sharp (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).

Lit.: cujus (lunae) et nascentis et insenescentis alias hebetiora alias acutiora videntur cornua, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 122, 1:

tela leviora atque hebetiora,

id. Har. Resp. 1, 2:

quo latiora (ossa) quaque parte sunt, hoc hebetiora,

Cels. 8, 1, 66:

ponite jam gladios hebetes, pugnetur acutis,

Ov. A. A. 3, 589:

machaera,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 53; cf.:

hebeti mucrone,

Lucr. 5, 1274, and hebeti ictu, which does not penetrate, Ov. M. 12, 85:

oryx hebeti ferro caeditur,

Juv. 11, 140:

secures,

id. 8, 137:

angulus,

obtuse, Front. de Form. Agr. p. 32 Goes.—As subst.: hĕbĕtĭa, ium, n., blunt tools, Quint. 2, 12, 18.—

Transf., of sight, hearing, smell, taste, dull, dim, faint:

utroque oculo natura hebete,

Plin. 9, 15, 20:

color,

Ov. F. 5, 365; cf.:

(orbem solis) adhuc hebetem vicina nocte,

Stat. Ach. 2, 289:

carbunculi hebetiores,

Plin. 37, 7, 26, § 98:

postea quam sensi populi Romani aures hebetiores, oculos autem esse acres atque acutos,

Cic. Planc. 27, 66; cf. id. Rep. 6, 18:

uva gustu hebes,

tasteless, insipid, Col. 3, 2, 24: genus croci, without smell (opp. odoratum), Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 67:

os hebes est, positaeque movent fastidia mensae,

without appetite, Ov. P. 1, 10, 7:

caro,

without feeling, dead, Cels. 7, 6, 8; 7, 13, 1:

ossa gingivarum,

id. 6, 15, 17:

qui torpet hebes locus ille,

Ov. A. A. 3, 799. —

Trop., dull, obtuse, sluggish, heavy, doltish, stupid (syn.:

bardus, stupidus, ineptus, absurdus, stultus, fatuus, stolidus, brutus, etc.): sensus omnes hebetes et tardos esse arbitrabantur,

Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31:

puer incessu tardus, sensu hebes,

Plin. 7, 16, 17, § 76:

tanta solertia animalium hebetissimis quoque est,

id. 9, 30, 48:

Epicurus, quem hebetem et rudem dicere solent Stoici,

Cic. Div. 2, 50, 103; cf.:

omnium ceterarum rerum oratio ludus est homini non hebeti neque inexercitato neque communium litterarum et politioris humanitatis experti,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 71:

memoria,

id. ib. 2, 87, 357:

me hebetem molestiae reddiderunt,

id. Att. 9, 17, 2:

nisi qui sit plane hebes,

Quint. 7, 1, 48:

nisi forte tam hebes futurus est judex, ut, etc.,

id. 4, 2, 66: hebes ad aliquid, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1; cf.:

quis adeo hebes inveniretur, ut crederet? etc.,

Tac. A. 14, 11: exercitus hebes infirmusque, raw, undisciplined,=rudis, Sall. J. 54, 3: hebes ad sustinendum laborem [p. 844] miles, sluggish, slow, tardy, Tac. H. 2, 99; Ov. M. 13, 135:

adulescentia bruta et hebes,

Sen. Ben. 3, 37, 3:

spondeus quod est e longis duabus, hebetior videtur et tardior,

Cic. Or. 64, 216: sed hac rhetorica philosophorum, non nostra illa forensi, quam necesse est, cum populariter loquatur, esse interdum paulo hebetiorem, i. e. more superficial, common (opp. to philosophical acuteness, nicety), id. Fin. 2, 6, 17:

dolor,

id. Att. 8, 3, 4:

hoc Pansa aut non videt (hebeti enim ingenio est) aut negligit,

id. Phil. 10, 8, 17; cf.:

hebetiora hominum ingenia,

id. N. D. 2, 6, 17:

ratio,

Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119:

quaedam hebes, sordida, jejuna oratio,

Quint. 8, 3, 49:

quasdam (litteras) velut acriores parum efficimus et aliis non dissimilibus sed quasi hebetioribus permutamus,

id. 1, 11, 4.—Of a speaker: hebes lingua, magis malus quam callidus ingenio, Ps.-Sall. de Rep. 2, 9, 1.

lĭbet or lŭbet, libuit (lub-) and libitum (lub-) est (in Cic. perh. only in the latter form), 2, v. n. and impers. (libeo, es, etc., as a personal verb acc. to Caper ap. Prisc. p. 922 P.) [Sanscr. root lubh, cupere, desiderare; Gr. root liph- in liptô, lips; cf. Goth. liub-s; Germ. lieb, dear; Lat. līber], it pleases, is pleasing, is agreeable: mihi, I am disposed, I like, I please, I will.— Constr. with nom. of a demonstr. or rel. pronoun, with inf. or a subject-clause as subject, or impers. without a subject, and with or without a dat.

Id (quod) libet (mihi):

quod tibi lubet, idem mihi lubet,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 138:

facite, quod vobis lubet,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 34:

cui facile persuasi, mihi id, quod rogaret, ne licere quidem, non modo non libere,

Cic. Att. 14, 19, 4; cf.:

sin et poterit Naevius id quod libet et ei libebit quod non licet, quid agendum est?

id. Quint. 30, 94:

quodcumque homini accidit libere, posse retur,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 17:

ubi peregre, tibi quod libitum fuit, feceris,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 77.—Once in plur.:

cetera item, quae cuique libuissent, dilargitus est,

Suet. Caes. 20.—Without a dat.:

rogita quod lubet,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 31:

faciat quod lubet,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 55:

nihil vident, nisi quod lubet,

id. ib. 4, 1, 30:

si quid lubet,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 88:

quae (senectus) efficeret, ut id non liberet quod non oporteret,

Cic. de Sen. 12, 42:

illa priorum scribendi, quodcumque animo flagrante liberet, simplicitas,

Juv. 1, 152.—

With inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat.:

concedere aliquantisper hinc mihi intro lubet,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 158:

mihi lubet nunc venire Pseudolum,

id. ib. 4, 5, 3; Ter. And. 5, 5, 2: Qui lubitumst illi condormiscere? Lu. Oculis, opinor, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 13:

non libet mihi deplorare vitam,

Cic. de Sen. 23, 84:

quarum (orationum) alteram non libebat mihi scribere,

id. Att. 2, 7, 1:

de quo genere libitum est mihi paulo plura dicere,

id. de Or. 2, 85, 348; id. Leg. 2, 27, 69; Ter. And. 1, 5, 28.—Without a dat.: cum illuc ventum est, ire illinc lubet, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 258 Vahl.); Ter. And. 4, 5, 21:

de C. Gracchi tribunatu quid exspectem non libet augurari,

Cic. Lael. 12, 41:

qui in foro, quicum colloqui libeat, non habeant,

id. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

incoharo haec studia, vel non vacabit, vel non libebit,

Quint. 1, 12, 12; 10, 1, 13; Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 4:

ultra Sauromatas fugere hinc libet,

Juv. 2, 1: libet expectare quis impendat, etc., I should like to see who, etc., id. 12, 95.—

Absol., with or without a dat.:

ego ibo pro te, si tibi non libet,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 10:

ubiquomque libitum erit animo meo,

id. As. 1, 1, 97:

adi, si libet,

id. Pers. 5, 2, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45; Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:

age, age, ut libet,

id. ib. 2, 1, 10:

ut libet, as an expression of assent,

id. Heaut. 4, 4, 16; 4, 5, 32; 5, 1, 61; id. Ad. 2, 2, 38: Ch. Quid in urbe reptas villice? Ol. Lubet, Plaut. Cas. 1, 11; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 79: Pe. Qua fiducia ausus... dicere? Ep. Libuit, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 33; cf. id. Ps. 1, 3, 114.—Hence,

lĭbens ( lŭbens; LIBES, Inscr. R. N. 2598 Mommsen), entis, P. a., that does a thing willingly or with readiness, willing, with good will, with pleasure (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

studen hercle audire, nam ted ausculto lubens,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 108: Ph. Complectere. An Facio lubens, id. As. 3, 3, 25:

ego illud vero illud feci, ac lubens,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 43; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 15; id. And. 2, 1, 37: cum totius Italiae concursus facti illius gloriam [p. 1060] libens agnovisset, Cic. Mil. 14, 38.—Freq. (esp. in Cic.; Cæs. and Quint. do not use libens as an adj. at all) in the abl. absol.: me, te, etc., and animo libente or libenti, with pleasure, gladly, very willingly:

edepol me lubente facies,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 218:

me libente eripies mihi hunc errorem,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6; id. de Or. 2, 73, 295:

libente me vero,

id. Rep. 1, 9 fin. Mos. N. cr.:

quae (res nostrae) tam libenti senatu laudarentur,

id. Att. 1, 14, 3:

cum Musis nos delectabimus animo aequo, immo vero etiam gaudenti ac libenti,

id. ib. 2, 4, 2.— Sup.:

cunctae praefecturae libentissimis animis eum recipiunt,

Caes. B. C. 1, 15, 1:

illam porticum redemptores statim sunt demoliti libentissimis omnibus,

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 5:

libentissimis Graecis,

id. Fam. 13, 65, 1:

lubentissimo corde atque animo,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 22:

fecit animo libentissimo populus Romanus,

Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 25.—

In partic.:

libens or libens merito (abbreviated L. M.), a formula used in paying a vow: Jovi lubens meritoque vitulor,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 1:

EX VOTO L. M.,

Inscr. Orell. 1412: V. S. L. M., i. e. votum solvit libens merito, or V. L. S., i. e. votum libens solvit, very freq. in inscriptions. —

Transf., glad, happy, joyful, cheerful, merry (ante-class.):

uti ego illos lubentiores faciam, quam Lubentia'st,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 2:

ego omnes hilaros, lubentes, laetificantes faciam ut fiant,

id. Pers. 5, 1, 8:

hilarum ac lubentem fac te in gnati nuptiis,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 38.—Hence, adv.: lĭbenter or lŭbenter, willingly, cheerfully, gladly, with pleasure, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 239 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 15, 12 (Trag. v. 379 ib.):

cenare lubenter,

Cato, R. R. 156:

ecastor frigida non lavi magis lubenter,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 1:

ut homines te libenter studioseque audiant,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39; id. Rep. 1, 18, 30:

libenter verbo utor Catonis,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3; id. Lael. 24, 89; id. Rep. 2, 38, 64:

ego tuas litteras legi libenter,

id. Fam. 3, 5, 1; id. Att. 2, 1, 1:

libenter homines id, quod volunt, credunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18.— Comp.:

ille adjurans, nusquam se umquam libentius (cenavisse),

with a better appetite, Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Lael. 19, 68:

nihil libentius audiunt,

Quint. 7, 1, 63; 8, 2, 11:

nil umquam hac carne libentius edit,

Juv. 15, 88.— Sup.: cui ego quibuscumque rebus potero libentissime commodabo, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 275, 18: cum lubentissime edis, Favorin. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2:

libentissime dare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 63; id. Leg. 2, 1, 1; Sen. Ep. 30, 9.— Hence also,

lĭbĭtus, a, um, P. a.; only plur. as subst.: lĭbĭta, ōrum, n., lit., the things that please, one's pleasure, will, liking, humor (Tacitean):

sua libita exercebant,

Tac. A. 6, 1:

ad libita Caesarum,

id. ib. 12, 6:

ad libita Pallantis,

id. ib. 14, 2.

ap-pĕto ( adp-, Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app-, Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare); act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).

Lit.

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.—

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.—

Trop., [p. 142] 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; id. 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.—

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,

In gen., desirous of, eager for; constr. with gen.:

appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3:

nihil est adpetentius similium sui,

id. Lael. 14, 50:

studiosissimi adpetentissimique honestatis,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; so Sall. C. 5, 4; id. J. 7, 1; Plin. 31, 6, 36, § 69:

turbidi et negotiorum adpetentes,

Tac. A. 14, 57; id. H. 1, 49; 3, 39; 4, 6; 4, 83; Gell. 16, 3.—

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.

appĕto ( adp-), ōnis, m. [1. appeto], he that strives eagerly for a thing, Laber. ap. Non. p. 74, 8 (Com. Rel. p. 251 Rib.).

ap-pĕto ( adp-, Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app-, Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare); act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).

Lit.

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.—

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.—

Trop., [p. 142] 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; id. 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.—

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,

In gen., desirous of, eager for; constr. with gen.:

appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3:

nihil est adpetentius similium sui,

id. Lael. 14, 50:

studiosissimi adpetentissimique honestatis,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; so Sall. C. 5, 4; id. J. 7, 1; Plin. 31, 6, 36, § 69:

turbidi et negotiorum adpetentes,

Tac. A. 14, 57; id. H. 1, 49; 3, 39; 4, 6; 4, 83; Gell. 16, 3.—

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.

appĕto ( adp-), ōnis, m. [1. appeto], he that strives eagerly for a thing, Laber. ap. Non. p. 74, 8 (Com. Rel. p. 251 Rib.).

sălīva, ae, f. [kindr. with sialon], spittle, saliva (in gen., while sputum is that already spit out; equally used in sing. and plur.).

Lit., sing., Cat. 23, 16; 78, 8; 99, 10; Juv. 6, 623; Sen. Ira, 3, 38, 2; Plin. 27, 6, 24, § 41; 28, 12, 53, § 193:

in manum ingerere,

id. 28, 4, 7, § 37 al. — Plur., Lucr. 4, 638; 4, 1108; Col. 6, 9, 3:

unā salivā,

without interruption, Hier. ad Pam. 61, 4.—

Transf., a spittle-like moisture, slime:

cochlearum,

slime, Plin. 30, 15, 47, § 136; cf.

ostrearum, id, 32, 6, 21, § 60: purpurarum,

id. 9, 36, 60, § 128:

lacrimationum,

id. 11, 37, 54, § 147: siderum ( honey-dew), id. 11, 12, 12, § 30.—

Trop., taste, flavor; longing, appetite ( poet., and in post-Aug. prose):

Methymnaei Graia saliva meri,

Prop. 4 (5), 8, 38; cf.:

suo cuique vino saliva,

Plin. 23, 1, 22, § 40:

mercurialis,

for gain, Pers. 5, 112:

turdarum,

id. 6, 24:

Aetna tibi salivam movet,

makes your mouth water, Sen. Ep. 79, 7:

quicquid (sc. vinum) ad salivam facit,

Petr. 48, 2.