petacius

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.