appĕtentĭa (adp-), ae, f. [appeto],
a longing after something, appetite : adpetentia cibi, Plin. 19, 8, 38, § 127: liberalium artium, id. 23, 1, 22, § 38: gloriae, Aur. Vict. Epit. 15.—Without gen., desire , longing : libido effrenatam (efficit) adpetentiam, Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15.