different between appetitive vs orexis

English

Etymology

appetite +? -ive

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æp?.p?.ta?.t?v/

Adjective

appetitive (comparative more appetitive, superlative most appetitive)

1. Having the quality of desiring gratification.

Translations

Italian

Adjective

appetitive

1. feminine plural of appetitivo

Latin

Adjective

appet?t?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of appet?t?vus

English

Etymology

From Latin orexis (“longing; appetite”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (órexis, “desire”), from ????? (orég?, “I reach, stretch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????ks?s/

Noun

orexis (plural orexes)

1. (psychology) The affective and conative character of mental activity as contrasted with its cognitive aspect; the appetitive aspect of an act; desire, appetite.
   • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:

     A sweet orexis rising in his cock, a blush of fever mixing tickles in his balls, Adriaan slid his briefs off and began to lay out the makings for supper.

Related terms

• orectic

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /o?rek.sis/, [????ks??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o?rek.sis/, [?????zis]

Noun

orexis f (genitive orexis); third declension

1. a longing
2. an appetite

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

References

• orexis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• orexis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• orexis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• orexis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette