orexis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ŏrexis, is, f., = ὄρεξις,

a longing , appetite (post-Aug.): rabidam facturus orexim, Juv. 6, 428: hinc surgit orexis, id. 11, 127: orexin, Lampr. Elag. 29 fin.

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