(term+of+endearment)

corpuscŭlum, i, n. dim. [corpus], a little body, most freq. of atoms, Lucr. 2, 152; 2, 530; 4, 199; Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66 sq.:

quantula hominum,

Juv. 10, 173.—

Esp.: florum, i.e. a collection, Just. praef. —

As a term of endearment:

melliculum,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 23.

crŏcĭnus, a, um, adj., = krokinos, of or pertaining to saffron, saffron-.

Adj.:

semen,

Plin. 21, 19, 73, 124:

unguentum,

Cels. 3, 18:

color,

Scrib. Comp. 173:

tunica,

saffron-colored, Cat. 68, 134.—

Subst.: crŏcĭnum, i, n. (sc. oleum), saffron-oil, Prop. 3 (4), 10, 22.—

The color of saffron, saffron-yellow, Dig. 32, 1, 78, § 5.—

Transf., as a term of endearment, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 7.

crŏcĭnus, a, um, adj., = krokinos, of or pertaining to saffron, saffron-.

Adj.:

semen,

Plin. 21, 19, 73, 124:

unguentum,

Cels. 3, 18:

color,

Scrib. Comp. 173:

tunica,

saffron-colored, Cat. 68, 134.—

Subst.: crŏcĭnum, i, n. (sc. oleum), saffron-oil, Prop. 3 (4), 10, 22.—

The color of saffron, saffron-yellow, Dig. 32, 1, 78, § 5.—

Transf., as a term of endearment, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 7.

dēsīdĕrĭum, ii, n. [desidero], a longing, ardent desire or wish, properly for something once possessed; grief, regret for the absence or loss of any thing (for syn. cf.: optio, optatio, cupido, cupiditas, studium, appetitio, voluntas—freq. and class.).

Prop.

With gen. object.:

te desiderium Athenarum cepisset,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 13; cf.:

me desiderium tenet urbis,

Cic. Fam. 2, 11; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 22;

and, locorum,

Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 21:

rerum earum,

Lucr. 3, 901; cf. id. 3, 922; 918:

esse in desiderio alicujus,

Cic. Fam. 2, 12 fin.:

desiderium conjunctissimi viri ferre,

id. Lael. 27, 104:

Scipionis desiderio moveri,

id. ib. 3, 10:

tam cari capitis,

Hor. Od. 1, 24, 1:

defuncti,

Suet. Calig. 6 et saep.:

desiderio id fieri tuo (for tui),

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 66; cf.:

voluntas, in qua inest aliqua vis desiderii ad sanandum volnus injuriae,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 14.—

Absol.: pectora dura tenet desiderium, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41:

alicui esse magno desiderio,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 5:

explere exspectationem diuturni desiderii,

Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 205:

quo (desiderio) conficior,

id. Or. 10:

ex desiderio laborare,

id. Fam. 6, 11:

facere aliquid cum desiderio,

id. Lael. 21, 81:

demus hoc desiderio jam pene publico,

Quint. 8, 4, 29 et saep. In plur.: desideria alicujus commovere, Cic. Rab. perd. 9, 24; Hor. Od. 4, 5, 15 et saep.

Trop., of a person, as the object of longing:

nunc desiderium, curaque non levis,

Hor. Od. 1, 14, 18: desiderio meo nitenti, Catull. 2, 5;

and as a term of endearment: mea lux, meum desiderium... valete, mea desideria, valete,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 2 fin.; Catull. 2, 5.—

Transf.

Want, need, necessity, [p. 557] in general (rare;

not ante-Aug.): cibi potionisque desiderium naturale,

Liv. 21, 4 et saep.:

pro desiderio corporum,

Plin. 11, 50, 111, § 264:

desideria scabendi,

id. 30, 14, 43, § 127 al. —

In the time of the empire, a request, petition on the part of inferiors:

desideria militum ad Caesarem ferenda,

Tac. A. 1, 19; 1, 26; Suet. Aug. 17; Plin. Pan. 79, 6; Dig. 1, 16, 9; 25, 3, 5.—

Desires, pleasures (late Lat.):

servientibus desideriis et voluptatibus,

Vulg. Tit. 3, 3:

carnis,

id. Ephes. 2, 3.

dē-sīdĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. considero], to long for, greatly wish for, to desire something not possessed (freq. and class.—for syn. cf.: opto, requiro, expeto, appeto, affecto, cupio, concupisco, aveo, gestio, capto, volo).

In gen., with acc.:

Dies noctesque me ames, me desideres,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 113:

quam tu filium tuom, tam pater me meus desiderat,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 66:

natura quid velit, anquirat, desideret,

Cic. Lael. 24:

nec sitio honores, nec desidero gloriam,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 3:

dum illa desideramus, ab aliis avertimur,

Quint. 10, 6, 7:

quid desideremus aut deprecemur,

id. 4, 1, 52:

nec nunc vires desidero adolescentis non plus quam adolescens tauri aut elephanti desiderabam,

Cic. de Sen. 9; Caes. B. C. 3, 74, 2:

desiderantem quod satis est,

Hor. Od. 3, 1, 25:

Sextilem totum mendax desideror,

id. Ep. 1, 7, 2 et saep.—

With acc. and inf.:

me gratiam aps te inire verbis nil desidero,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 10:

mihi dari haud desidero,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 37:

quo ullam rem ad se importari desiderent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 2.— With inf. alone:

mori,

Vulg. Apoc. 9, 6.—

With ab or in:

ab Chrysippo nihil magnum desideravi,

Cic. Rep. 3, 8; id. Att. 8, 14, 2; Quint. 3, 1, 2 al.:

ab milite modestiam et continentiam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52 fin.:

in quo (Catone) summam eloquentiam,

Cic. Brut. 31, 118; id. Fin. 5, 5, 13; id. Fam. 8, 5, 1; id. Lael. 22, 82; Quint. 7, 2, 55 al.—

Absol.:

misere amans desiderat,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 30; id. Mil. 4, 6, 29; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 16 al.—

Of inanimate subjects:

desiderarunt te oculi mei,

Cic. Planc. 5, 13:

nullam virtus aliam mercedem laborum desiderat praeter, etc.,

id. Arch. 11, 28:

ut desiderat laus probationem, sic, etc.,

Quint. 3, 7, 4 et saep.:

desiderant rigari arbores,

Plin. 17, 26, 40, § 249.

With predominant idea of lacking, wanting, to miss any thing:

ex me audies, quid in oratione tua desiderem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 38:

si non est, nolis esse neque desideres,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 73:

quid a peritioribus rei militaris desiderari videbatur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 61, 3 et saep.—Esp. with quominus:

praeter quercum Dodonaeam nihil desideramus, quo minus Epirum ipsum possidere videamur,

Cic. Att. 2, 4, 5. —

Meton. (effectus pro causa), to lose something; and more freq. pass., to be missing, to be lost:

in eo proelio non amplius CC milites desideravit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 99; cf. id. ib. 3, 71:

ut nulla navis desideraretur,

id. B. G. 5, 23, 3; 7, 11, 8 et saep.:

neque quicquam ex fano praeter unum signum desideratum est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44; Vell. 2, 52, 6:

ex peditibus triginta,

Curt. 3, 29, 27.—

With the notion of inquiring, searching; to investigate, examine, discuss (rare):

sequitur ut morbo laborantibus remedia desiderentur,

Col. 9, 13, 1:

examina,

id. 9, 8, 1.— Impers.:

antequam desideraretur,

before the question should be raised, Vitr. 2, 6, 4.—Hence,

dēsīdĕrans, antis, P. a., in Sup. desiderantissimus, in the later writers for desideratissimus, as a term of endearment, heart's desire, best beloved:

vale, domine dulcissime, desiderantissime,

Fronto Ep. 5, 40; M. Aur. ib. 1, 5;

L. Aur. Verus,

ib. 2, 8; Inscr. Orell. 4644.— Adv.: dēsīdĕranter, acc. to no. I., with desire, eagerly (late Lat.):

appetere,

Cassiod. Var. 1, 4.— Comp.:

quanto desiderantius desideras,

Fronto Ep. ad Ver. Imp. 13.—

dēsīdĕrātus, a, um, P. a., wished for, longed for, welcome (very rare):

et veniet desideratus cunctis gentibus,

Vulg. Aggaei, 2, 8: blandissima et desideratissimi promissa. Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2:

fratres desideratissimi,

Vulg. Philip. 4, 1;

and in inscrr. applied to a beloved person: FILIO DESIDERATISSIMO,

Inscr. Orell. 5068; id. Grut. 681, 2 al.

dŏmĭna, ae (dat. and abl. plur. only dominis, Curt. 3, 12, 8; Inscr. Orell. 1629), f. [dominus].

Prop., mistress, she who rules or commands, esp. in a household, = hera, materfamilias, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 107; id. Stich. 2, 1, 24; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 57; Quint. 5, 11, 34 sq.; Ov. M. 4, 5; Juv. 6, 376; 377 al. —

In gen., like the Gr. despoina, a mistress, lady:

sit sane Fors domina campi,

Cic. Pis. 2; cf.:

haec una virtus omnium est domina et regina virtutum,

id. Off. 3, 6, 28:

voluptates blandissimae dominae,

id. ib. 2, 10, 37:

cupiditas honoris, imperii, provinciarum quam dura est domina!

id. Par. 5, 2 fin.:

juncti currum dominae subiere leones, i. e. of Cybele,

Verg. A. 3, 113; 438;

of Venus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 148; Prop. 3, 3, 31 (4, 2, 31 M.);

of Juno,

id. 2, 5, 17;

of Diana,

Mart. 12, 18;

of Isis,

Inscr. Grut. 82, 2; cf. Inscr. Orell. 1884; Vulg. Gen. 16, 4 al.—

As adj.:

domina Urbs,

the queen city, Mart. 12, 21, 9.—

In partic.

The appellation of a lady belonging to the imperial family, Suet. Dom. 13; id. Claud. 39.—

A term of endearment,

Wife, Verg. A. 6, 397 Serv.; Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 9; 5, 5, 7; Inscr. Orell. 2663.—

Sweetheart, Tib. 1, 1, 46; 3, 4, 74; Prop. 1, 4, 2 et saep.