appetition

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English

Etymology

From Latin appetītiō (“a longing or desire”).

Noun

appetition (countable and uncountable, plural appetitions)

  1. A desire, longing for, or seeking after of something.
    • Aristotle: The Politics, T. A. Sinclair (trans.), Book 3 Ch 14, Par 1287a10, Penguin Group 1962.
      Hence law is intelligence without appetition.
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