pĕtax, ācis, adj. [peto],
catching at , striving after , greedy for any thing; with gen. (post-class.): ornatūs petax, Fulg. Myth. 2, 1: potentiae petax, id. ib. 2, 3.—Hence, adv. comp. : pĕtācĭus , more greedily , Avien. Progn. 432.