longing for

cŭpĭdus, a, um, adj. [cupio], longing, desiring, desirous, eager, in a good and bad sense, wishing, loving, fond, etc. (very freq. and class.); constr. with gen., abl., inf., in, or absol.

In a good sense.

Of persons.

With gen.:

ejus videndi cupidus,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 12; so,

huc redeundi, abeundi a milite, Vosque hic videndi,

id. ib. 1, 2, 16:

redeundi domum,

id. ib. 3, 1, 3:

bellandi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 2:

te audiendi,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 16:

valde spectandi,

id. ib. 1, 35, 162: satis faciendi rei publicae, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 1 et saep.:

vitae,

Lucr. 6, 1238; Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 1:

mortis,

Hor. S. 2, [p. 499] 2, 98:

liberorum,

Quint. 4, 2, 42:

sententiarum,

id. 5, 13, 31:

pacis,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 44 et saep.— Comp.:

contentionis quam veritatis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 47.— Sup.:

litterarum,

Nep. Cato, 3, 1:

nostri,

Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 104. —

With inf.:

attingere,

Prop. 1, 19, 9:

moriri,

Ov. M. 14, 215.—

With in and abl.:

cupidus in perspiciendā cognoscendāque rerum naturā,

Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154.—

Absol.:

si quicquam cupido optantique obtigit,

Cat. 107, 1:

cupidum vires Deficiunt,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 12.—

Of things:

equorum Vis cupida,

Lucr. 2, 265.—

In a bad sense, passionately desiring or longing for, eager, greedy, lustful, passionate.

In gen.

Of persons.

With gen.:

auri,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 51; cf.

pecuniae,

Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 8:

damni,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 34:

vini,

id. ib. 1, 2, 50 (not vino, v. Ritschl ad h. l.):

rerum novarum, imperii,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6; cf.:

rerum novarum,

id. ib. 1, 18:

cujuscumque motūs novi,

Tac. H. 1, 80; and:

nullius rei nisi imperii,

Nep. Reg. 2, 2:

laedendi,

Quint. 5, 7, 16:

maledicendi,

id. 6, 2, 16 et saep.—

Absol.:

cupidos moderatis anteferre,

Cic. Font. 14, 32 (10, 22):

non esse mirandum, qui in illā re turpis aut cupidus aut petulans fuerit, hāc quoque in re eum deliquisse,

id. Inv. 2, 10, 33:

emit homo cupidus (for which, just before, cupiditate incensus),

eager to purchase, id. Off. 3, 14, 59:

stultus cupidusque,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 24:

cupidusque et amata relinquere pernix,

id. A. P. 165 al. —

Of things:

cor,

Lucr. 4, 1138; Prop. 1, 8, 29; Hor. C. 3, 14, 26 al.—

In partic.

Longing from love, pining, languishing for, loving.

Of persons:

neu me cupidum eo (sc. ad uxorem ducendam) impulisset,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 6:

maritus,

Cat. 64, 375; Tib. 1, 8, 74; Ov. M. 4, 679:

cupidi nomen amantis habe,

id. H. 3, 26.—

Of things:

simul ac cupidae mentis satiata libido est,

Cat. 64, 147; Ov. M. 11, 63; id. Am. 3, 7, 9 al.—

Desirous of money, avaricious, covetous, Quint. 11, 1, 88:

multitudo cupidorum hominum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:

homo castus ac non cupidus,

id. Sest. 43, 93; Vitr. 1, 1, 7; so in sup., Suet. Vesp. 16.—

Devoted to a party, favoring any one, partial:

quaestores vehementer (Verris),

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12:

cupidi et irati et conjurati testes,

id. Font. 10, 21 (6, 11):

judices (with infesti, invidentes),

Tac. Or. 31; cf. comp.:

judex,

Cic. Caecin. 3, 8;

and auctor,

id. Clu. 24, 66.—Hence, cŭ-pĭdē, adv., eagerly, in a good and bad sense, zealously, passionately, vehemently, ardently, warmly, partially, etc. (freq. and class.), Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 11; Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 1; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 3; id. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; id. Phil. 2, 21, 52; Nep. Arist. 1, 4; Quint. 1, 3, 13; Cat. 63, 2; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 100 et saep.— Comp., Caes. B. G. 1, 15; 5, 15; Liv. 3, 32, 3 al.— Sup., Caes. B. G. 1, 40; id. B. C. 2, 20; Sall. C. 40, 4 al.

* * *

gestĭo, ōnis, f. [gero].

A managing, doing, performing (perh. only in the foll. passages;

syn.: actio, administratio): in gestione autem negotii, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 38; cf. id. ib. 2, 12, 39.—

A behaving, acting in any manner, Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 8.

gestĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4 (archaic imperf. gestibat, Gell. 15, 2, 1:

gestibant,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 49), v. n. [2. gestus, I.], to use passionate gestures, to throw one's self about (espec. for joy), to be transported, to exult, to be joyful, cheerful (cf.: exsilio, exsulto): gestit, qui subitā felicitate exhilaratus nimio corporis motu praeter consuetudinem exsultat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.; cf. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 387 (freq. and class.).

Lit.; constr. with abl. or absol.

With abl.:

quorum alter laetitiā gestiat, alter dolore crucietur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14; cf.:

voluptate nimiā gestire,

id. Off. 1, 29, 102:

inani laetitia exsultans et temere gestiens,

id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

Veliterni coloni gestientes otio,

Liv. 6, 36, 1:

cur non gestiret taurus equae contrectatione, equus vaccae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77; Col. 8, 15, 4:

secundis rebus,

Liv. 45, 19, 7.—

Absol.:

quid est, quod sic gestis?

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 10; cf. ib. 7:

hac (eloquentiā) deducimus perterritos a timore, hac gestientes comprimimus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 148:

tum gestit aper, cum sese Martia tigris Abstulit,

Val. Fl. 3, 634:

cum laetitia, ut adepta jam aliquid concupitum, efferatur et gestiat,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 12; cf. id. ib. § 13.—

Trop., in speaking, to enlarge at will, to digress:

quapropter historiae nonnumquam ubertas in aliqua exercendi stili parte ponenda, et dialogorum libertate gestiendum,

Quint. 10, 5, 15.—

Transf., to desire eagerly or passionately, to long for; constr. usually with inf., rarely with abl. or absol.

With inf.:

roga, obsecro hercle, gestio promittere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 114; 4, 6, 11:

machaera, quae gestit stragem facere,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 8:

moecho abdomen adimere,

id. ib. 5, 1, 5:

gestio scire ista omnia,

Cic. Att. 4, 11, 1:

Antonius senatum delere gestit,

id. Phil. 6, 14:

nihil erat, quod Zeno mutare gestiret,

id. Fin. 4, 4, 8:

transfuga divitum Partes linquere gestio,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 24:

fuge, quo descendere gestis,

id. Ep. 1, 20, 5:

quod gestiat animus aliquid agere in re publica,

Cic. Att. 2, 7, 4.—With pass. inf.:

equidem illam moveri gestio,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 43:

ipsum gestio dari mihi in conspectum,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 30; Plin. Pan. 39, 2; Gell. 16, 13, 4.—

With abl.:

(cygnos) nunc currere in undas, Et studio incassum videas gestire lavandi,

Verg. G. 1, 387.—

Absol.: gestiunt pugni mihi. my fists itch to be at you, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 167:

dudum scapulae gestibant mihi,

i. e. were longing for the whip, id. As. 2, 2, 49:

inridere ne videare et gestire admodum,

id. Most. 3, 2, 126. [p. 814]

suspīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [subspiro].

Neutr., to draw a deep breath, heave a sigh, to sigh (class.):

occulte,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2:

familiariter,

id. ib. 1, 13, 1:

suspirat ab imis Pectoribus,

Ov. M. 2, 655:

dumque ibi suspirat,

id. ib. 1, 707:

suspirat sacerdos,

Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 572:

flebile,

id. in Eutr. 1, 269.— Poet.:

puella in flavo hospite suspirans,

sighing after, longing for, Cat. 64, 98:

solā suspirat in illā,

Ov. F. 1, 417; v. also infra, II.— Transf., of things:

tellus atro exundante vapore Suspirans,

breathing out, Sil. 12, 136:

relicto brevi foramine, quo aestuantia vina suspirent,

may exhale, evaporate, Pall. Oct. 14, 16: curae suspirantes, sighing, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 60 Vahl.).—With ne and subj., Hor. C. 3, 2, 9.—

Act. ( poet.).

To breathe out, exhale:

umentes nebulas (Anauros),

Luc. 6, 370:

inclusum pectore, Bacchum,

Sil. 4, 779; 12, 136. —

To sigh for, long for:

suspirat longo non visam tempore matrem,

Juv. 11, 152:

amores,

Tib. 4, 5, 11:

Chloen,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 10:

lucra,

Prud. Cath. 2, 44.—

To sigh out, exclaim with a sigh:

grandis suspirat arator, incassum manuum cecidisse labores,

Lucr. 2, 1164.—With ne:

matrona et adulta virgo Suspiret, eheu! ne, etc. ( = sollicita est, ne),

Hor. C. 3, 2, 9.

ămor (old form ămŏs, like honos, labos, colos, etc., Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 2; v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 170), ōris, m. [amo], love (to friends, parents, etc.; and also in a low sense; hence in gen., like amo, while caritas, like diligere, is esteem, regard, etc.; hence amor is used also of brutes, but caritas only of men; v amo init.):

Amicitiae caritate et amore cernuntur. Nam cum deorum, tum parentum, patriaeque cultus, eorumque hominum, qui aut sapientiā aut opibus excellunt, ad caritatem referri solet. Conjuges autem et liberi et fratres et alii, quos usus familiaritasque conjunxit, quamquam etiam caritate ipsā, tamen amore maxime continentur,

Cic. Part. Or. 25, 88; cf. id. ib. 16, 56; Doed. Syn. IV. p. 100 (but amor is related to benevolentia as the cause to the effect, since benevolentia designates only an external, friendly treatment; but amor a real, internal love):

amor, ex quo amicitia nominata, princeps est ad benevolentiam conjungendam,

Cic. Am. 8, 26:

nihil enim est, quod studio et benevolentiā, vel amore potius effici non possit,

id. Fam. 3, 9; cf. Doed. Syn. IV. p. 105 (very freq. in all periods, and in every kind of style; in a low sense most freq. in the com. and eleg. poets, Petron., and similar authors; v. amo init.); constr. with in, erga, or the obj. gen. (with the gen. of the gerund, never in Cic., and perh. in no prose writer; but it is so found in Lucr., Ovid, and Hor.).

Lit.: ab his initiis noster in te amor profectus, Cic. Fam. 13, 29:

si quid in te residet amoris erga me,

id. ib. 5, 5:

amori nostro (i. e. quo a te amamur) plusculum etiam, quam concedit veritas, largiare,

id. ib. 5, 12;

Postquam primus amor deceptam morte fefellit,

Verg. A. 4, 17:

amabilis super amorem mulierum,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 1, 26: in paternitatis amore, brotherly love (Gr. philadelphia), ib. 1 Pet. 1, 22; ib. 2 Pet. 1, 7 bis:

amplecti aliquem amore,

Cic. Att. 7, 1:

habere amorem erga aliquem,

id. ib. 9, 14:

respondere amori amore,

id. ib. 15, 21:

conciliare amorem alicui,

id. de Or. 2, 51 et saep.—Of sexual love, whether lawful or unlawful: Medea amore saevo saucia, Enn. Med. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22 (as a transl. of the Gr. erôti thumon ekplageis Iasonos, Eur. Med. prol. 8):

videbantur illi (septem anni) pauci dies prae amoris magnitudine,

Vulg. Gen. 29, 20; 29, 30:

is amore projecticiam illam deperit,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 43:

amore perdita est,

id. Mil. 4, 6, 38:

in amore haec omnia sunt vitia,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 14:

aeterno devictus volnere amoris,

Lucr. 1, 35:

qui vitat amorem,

id. 4, 1069:

Nec te noster amor tenet?

Verg. A. 4, 307; 4, 395; Ov. M. 4, 256:

ne sit ancillae tibi amor pudori,

Hor. C. 2, 4, 1:

meretricis amore Sollicitus,

id. S. 2, 3, 252:

ut majus esset odium amore, quo ante dilexerat,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 15:

ambo vulnerati amore ejus,

ib. Dan. 13, 10 al. —In both significations also in the plur.:

amores hominum in te,

Cic. Att. 5, 10:

amores sancti,

id. Fin. 3, 20, 68; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 34, 72:

Ille meos, primus qui me sibi junxit, amores Abstulit,

Verg. A. 4, 28:

est is mihi in amoribus, i. e. valde a me amatur,

Cic. Fam. 7, 32:

meos amores eloquar,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 2:

meretricii amores,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 10:

quem amore venerio dilexerat,

Nep. Paus. 4, 1:

amores et hae deliciae, quae vocantur,

Cic. Cael. 19:

quando Dido tantos rumpi non speret amores,

Verg. A. 4, 292:

Tabuit ex illo dementer amoribus usa,

Ov. M. 4, 259:

insanos fateamur amores,

id. ib. 9, 519 et saep.; Hor. C. 3, 21, 3 et saep.—

Meton.

For the beloved object itself:

amores et deliciae tuae,

Cic. Div. 1, 36;

Pompeius, nostri amores,

id. Att. 2, 19; 16, 6;

and ironic.: sed redeo ad amores deliciasque nostras, L. Antonium,

id. Phil. 6, 5; Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 79; Ov. M. 1, 617; 4, 137 al.—

Personified: Amor, the god of love, Love, Cupid, Erôs:

O praeclaram emendatricem vitae poëticam, quae Amorem flagitii et levitatis auctorem in concilio deorum collocandum putet,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69:

Deum esse Amorem turpis et vitio favens finxit libido,

Sen. Phaedr. 195: Illum conjugem, quem Amor dederat, qui plus pollet potiorque est patre, vet. poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69:

Omnia vincit Amor, et nos cedamus Amori,

Verg. E. 10, 69:

Improbe Amor, quid non mortalia corpora cogis?

id. A. 4, 412:

Paret Amor dictis carae genetricis,

id. ib. 1, 689:

Amor non talia curat,

id. E. 10, 28:

nec quid Amor curat,

Ov. M. 1, 480:

Amori dare ludum,

Hor. C. 3, 12, 1; Prop. 1, 2, 8:

non tot sagittis, Spicula quot nostro pectore fixit Amor,

id. 3, 4, 2:

pharetratus,

Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 22:

Notaque purpureus tela resumit Amor,

id. Am. 2, 9, 34:

movit Amor gemmatas aureus alas,

id. R. Am. 39 et saep.—Also in the plur., Cupids, Loves:

corpora nudorum Amorum,

Ov. M. 10, 516:

lascivi Amores,

Hor. C. 2, 11, 7:

parvi Amores,

Prop. 3, 1, 11:

Amores volucres,

Ov. Ep. 16, 201:

pharetrati,

id. R. Am. 519 al. —

A strong, passionate longing for something, desire, lust:

consulatūs amor,

Cic. Sull. 26, 73:

gloriae,

id. Arch. 11, 28:

amicitiae,

id. Tusc. 4, 33, 70:

lactis,

Verg. G. 3, 394:

vini,

Liv. 9, 18:

auri,

Verg. A. 1, 349:

argenti,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 78:

nummi,

Juv. 14, 138:

laudum,

Verg. A. 9, 197 et saep.:

cognitionis,

Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 18.—With gerund:

edundi,

Lucr. 4, 870:

habendi,

Ov. M. 1, 131, and Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 85:

scribendi,

id. S. 2, 1, 10.— Poet., with inf.:

si tantus amor casus cognoscere nostros,

Verg. A. 2, 10:

seu rore pudico Castaliae flavos amor est tibi mergere crines,

Stat. Th. 1, 698.—

Poet., a love-charm, philtre:

quaeritur et nascentis equi de fronte revolsus Et matri praereptus amor,

Verg. A. 4, 516; upon which passage Serv. remarks: Secundum Plinium, qui dicit in Naturali Historiā (8, 42, 66, § 163 sqq.) pullos equinos habere in fronte quandam carnem, quam eis statim natis adimit mater; quam si quis forte [p. 109] praeripuerit, odit pullum et lac ei denegat; v. hippomanes.

concĭlĭātĭo, ōnis, f. [concilio] (in Cic. and Quint.).

A connection, union.

Prop.:

totius generis hominum,

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 149; so,

quasi civili conciliatione et societate conjunctos (deos),

id. N. D. 2, 31, 78.—

Trop.

A uniting in feeling, a conciliating, making friendly, a gaining over:

quae conciliationis causā leniter aut permotionis vehementer aguntur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 216:

honestum ad conciliationem satis per se valet,

Quint. 4, 1, 41; cf. id. 3, 8, 12.—

As a rhet. t. t., the gaining over or winning of hearers, a judge, etc., = oikeiôsis, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 32; 9, 2, 3.—

(In acc. with conciliatus.) In philos. lang., an inclination, desire or longing for:

prima est enim conciliatio hominis ad ea, quae sunt secundum naturam,

Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 21; so id. Ac. 2, 42, 131; cf. in plur.:

conciliationes = res conciliatae,

id. Fin. 3, 6, 22 Madv.—

An acquiring, procuring:

pecuniam dedit ad conciliationem gratiae,

Cic. Clu. 31, 84; cf.: omnis conventio conciliatio nominatur, Don. ad Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 2.

dēsīdĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [desidero], a desiring, longing for any thing; a missing (rare): voluptatum, * Cic. de Sen. 14, 47; plur. Vitr. 8 praef. fin. —

The question to be examined:

relinquetur desideratio, quid, etc.,

Vitr. 2, 6, 4.

fămes, is (ante- and post-class. nom. sing.:

famis,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 15; Prud. Psych. 479; gen.: fami, Cato and Lucil. ap. Gell. 9, 14, 10; abl., scanned fămē, Lucr. 3, 732; Verg. A. 6, 421; Ov. M. 5, 165; 8, 846; 11, 370 al.) f. [root gha-; Sanscr. gahami, to leave, abandon; Gr. chatis, chêtos, want; chêros, deprived of], hunger (syn.: inedia, jejunium, esuries, esuritio).

Lit.:

interficere aliquem siti fameque atque algu,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 36; id. Rud. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

cum cibo et potione fames sitisque depulsa est,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

cibi condimentum esse famem, potionis sitim,

id. ib. 2, 28, 90:

bestiae fame monitae,

id. Clu. 25, 67:

fame atque inopia rerum omnium confecti,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 134;

(avis) fame enecta,

starved to death, id. Div. 2, 35, 73; cf.:

plebem fame necare,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

patientia famis,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 26: famem explere, to satiate, id. pro Dom. 23:

tolerare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 28, 3:

extremam famem sustentare,

id. ib. 7, 17, 3:

duram propellere,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 6; cf.:

pellere querna glande,

Tib. 2, 1, 38:

propulsare,

Col. 2, 10, 1; Tac. A. 14, 24:

deponere,

Ov. F. 6, 530:

levare,

to assuage, id. H. 14, 96:

vincere sacris extis,

Val. Fl. 2, 347 et saep.:

in principio fame utendum,

the patient must fast, Cels. 8, 10, 7; cf.:

primis diebus fames, deinde liberalius alimentum,

id. ib. —Prov.:

ambitiosa non est fames,

is not nice, Sen. Ep. 119, 14:

malum panem tibi tenerum et siligineum fames reddet,

id. ib. 123, 2.—

Transf.

Famine, dearth (rare in class. Lat.):

fames, quae tum erat in hac mea Asia: messis enim nulla fuerat,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8:

fames esse coepit,

Curt. 10, 8:

in fame frumentum exportare,

Cic. Fl. 7, 17; Vulg. Ruth, 1, 1; id. Matt. 24, 7 et saep.—

In gen., poverty, indigence:

aliquem ad famem reicere,

Ter. Phorm. prol. 19.

Trop.

Like sitis, a violent longing for any thing, greediness, greed, avidity ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quid non mortalia pectora cogis, Auri sacra fames!

Verg. A. 3, 57; so,

auri fames,

Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 72; cf.:

argenti sitis importuna famesque,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 23; Plin. 33, 1, 3, § 6; cf.:

auri fames durissima est,

id. 33, 4, 21, § 72:

ex longa fame satiaret se auro,

Curt. 5, 1, 4:

crescentem sequitur cura pecuniam Majorumque fames,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 17:

honorum Marii fames,

Flor. 3, 21, 6.—

Of speech, poverty of expression:

jejunitatem et famem malle quam ubertatem et copiam,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 3.—

Personified: Fames, as a goddess, Verg. A. 6, 276; Ov. M. 8, 784; 785 et saep.

hĭulcus, a, um, adj. [hio], gaping, split, cleft, opened, open.

Lit. (only poet.):

ubi hiulca siti findit Canis aestifer arva,

Verg. G. 2, 353:

Aegyptus,

Stat. Th. 4, 708:

venae fluminis,

id. ib. 9, 450:

juga montis Tauri,

Sol. 38 fin.:

nubes, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 206: nimbi,

id. Rapt. Pros. 2, 230:

vulnus,

Sid. Ep. 6, 7:

ova,

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 4 praef.: mucro, i. e. ungues ferrei, Prud. steph. 10, 452:

ictus,

id. ib. 5, 113.—

Poet. transf., act., cleaving, destroying:

fulmen,

Stat. Th. 1, 26.—

Trop.

Of speech, gaping, not well connected, forming a hiatus (class.):

struere verba sic, ut neve asper eorum concursus neve hiulcus sit, sed quodammodo coagmentatus et levis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; cf.:

hiulcae voces,

id. Or. 44, 150:

nonnumquam hiulca etiam decent,

Quint. 9, 4, 36.—

Eager, longing for any thing:

gens,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 9.—

* Adv.: hiulcē (acc. to II. A.), of speech, in a gaping manner, with a hiatus:

non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, non hiulce, sed presse et aequabiliter et leniter (loqui),

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45.

lĭbīdĭnōsus ( lŭbīd-), a, um, adj. [libido], full of desire, passion, or lust, selfwilled, licentious, sensual, lustful, voluptuous, libidinous.

Lit. (in a bad sense), Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. 491, 16 (Rep. 2, 41, 68 Mos.):

homo libidinosissimus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

nihil (isto) luxuriosius, nihil libidinosius,

id. Pis. 27, 66:

libidinosior es quam ullus spado,

Quint. 6, 3, 64:

caper,

lecherous, Hor. Epod. 10, 23.—Of inanim. and abstr. things: libidinosissimae liberationes, arbitrary, self-willed, Cic. Pis. 36, 87:

libidinosae voluptates,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 59:

libidinosa et intemperans adulescentia,

id. de Sen. 9, 29:

fortuna varia et libidinosa,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 10:

pretia,

extravagant, Col. 10 praef. §

2: libidinosam liberalitatem debiti nomine colorare,

Val. Max. 8, 2, 2. —Of speech, licentious, wanton:

eloquentia,

Quint. 5, 12, 20.—

In a good sense, eager, longing for a thing (post-class.):

libidinosus eloquentiae et gloriae,

Tert. Apol. 48; id. Virg. Vel. 13:

suae sapientiae,

id. Res. Carn. 32.—Hence, adv.: lĭbīdĭ-nōsē, according to one's pleasure or caprice, wilfully, wantonly:

quae ille libidinose, quae nefarie, quae crudeliter fecerit,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12, 38:

ne quid libidinose aut facias aut cogites,

id. Off. 1, 4, 14; id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

libidinose crudeliterque consulere in aliquem,

Liv. 3, 63.— Comp.:

libidinosius saevire,

Tert. Monog. 16 fin.

lĭbīdĭnōsus ( lŭbīd-), a, um, adj. [libido], full of desire, passion, or lust, selfwilled, licentious, sensual, lustful, voluptuous, libidinous.

Lit. (in a bad sense), Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. 491, 16 (Rep. 2, 41, 68 Mos.):

homo libidinosissimus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

nihil (isto) luxuriosius, nihil libidinosius,

id. Pis. 27, 66:

libidinosior es quam ullus spado,

Quint. 6, 3, 64:

caper,

lecherous, Hor. Epod. 10, 23.—Of inanim. and abstr. things: libidinosissimae liberationes, arbitrary, self-willed, Cic. Pis. 36, 87:

libidinosae voluptates,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 59:

libidinosa et intemperans adulescentia,

id. de Sen. 9, 29:

fortuna varia et libidinosa,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 10:

pretia,

extravagant, Col. 10 praef. §

2: libidinosam liberalitatem debiti nomine colorare,

Val. Max. 8, 2, 2. —Of speech, licentious, wanton:

eloquentia,

Quint. 5, 12, 20.—

In a good sense, eager, longing for a thing (post-class.):

libidinosus eloquentiae et gloriae,

Tert. Apol. 48; id. Virg. Vel. 13:

suae sapientiae,

id. Res. Carn. 32.—Hence, adv.: lĭbīdĭ-nōsē, according to one's pleasure or caprice, wilfully, wantonly:

quae ille libidinose, quae nefarie, quae crudeliter fecerit,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12, 38:

ne quid libidinose aut facias aut cogites,

id. Off. 1, 4, 14; id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

libidinose crudeliterque consulere in aliquem,

Liv. 3, 63.— Comp.:

libidinosius saevire,

Tert. Monog. 16 fin.

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.

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cŭpĭdĭtas, ātis ( gen. plur. rarely -tatium, Cic. Sest. 66, 138; Sen. Ep. 5, 7), f. [cupidus], a desire, wish, longing, in a good and (more freq.) in a bad sense.

In a good sense, a longing, desire.

With gen.:

insatiabilis quaedam veri videndi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 44:

cognoscendi,

id. ib.:

imitandi,

id. Brut. 92, 317:

mirabilis pugnandi,

Nep. Milt. 5, 1 al.:

justi et magni triumphi,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

gloriae,

id. ib.:

mira studiorum,

Tac. Or. 2:

cibi,

appetite, Cels. 2, 3 al. —

With ad:

tanta cupiditas ad reditum,

Cic. Phil. 1, 4, 9:

tanta ad venandum,

Curt. 9, 1, 33.—

Absol.:

nimis flagrare cupiditate,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 134:

nimis confidere propter cupiditatem,

on account of warm desire, id. Off. 1, 21, 73:

de voluntate tuā, ut simul simus, vel studio potius et cupiditate non dubito,

eager longing, id. Att. 12, 26, 1; cf.: tanta erat magnificentia apud opulentiores, cupiditas apud humiliores, devotion, enthusiasm, Auct. B. G. 8, 51 fin. —

In a bad sense, a passionate desire, lust, passion, cupidity.

In gen.

With gen.:

pecuniae,

Caes. B. G. 6, 22; Quint. 7, 2, 30 al.:

praedae,

Caes. B. G. 6, 34:

praeceps et lubrica dominandi,

Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 50:

laedendi,

Quint. 5, 7, 30:

diutius exigendi mercedulas,

id. 12, 11, 14 et saep. —

Absol.:

vel libido vel cupiditas,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

vita maxime disjuncta a cupiditate,

id. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:

caeca ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

mala,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 34:

vita hominum sine cupiditate agitabatur,

Sall. C. 2, 1:

indomitas cupiditates atque effrenatas habere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 62; cf.:

domitas habere libidines, coërcere omnes cupiditates,

id. de Or. 1, 43, 194 et saep.:

P. Naso omni carens cupiditate (i. e. non appetens provinciam),

id. Phil. 3, 10, 25:

temeritatem cupiditatemque militum reprehendit,

immoderate love of fighting, Caes. B. G. 7, 52.—

Carnal desire, lust, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 21;

of animals,

Col. 6, 27, 4.—

Transf., the object of desire (cf. epithumia):

alicujus ex inpurissimis faucibus inhonestissimam cupiditatem eripere,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19; cf. id. Scaur. 14, 45.—

In partic.

A passionate desire for money or other possessions; avarice, cupidity, covetousness:

nisi ipsos caecos redderet cupiditas et avaritia et audacia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 101;

so with avaritia,

Quint. 12, 1, 6; Suet. Dom. 9:

et contemptus pecuniae et cupiditas,

Quint. 7, 2, 30;

opp. abstinentia,

Suet. Dom. 9; 10:

cupiditas causa sceleris fuit,

Quint. 5, 12, 6 Spald.; 3, 5, 10; 5, 10, 34; Suet. Calig. 44 al.—

The passion of love:

cupiditatis ardor,

Curt. 8, 4, 27:

insana,

Val. Max. 7, 3, 10:

aliquam non cupiditate tantā diligere, ut, etc.,

Suet. Calig. 24.—

Greediness of gain in trade, usury, overreaching, fraud, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9.—

The lust of power, ambition (post-Aug.):

non te propria cupiditas, sed aliena utilitas principem fecit,

Plin. Pan. 7.—

An undue partiality, spirit of party:

(testes) aut sine ullo studio dicebant, aut cum dissimulatione aliquā cupiditatis,

Cic. Fl. 10, 21; 26, 64; id. Planc. 17, 43; Liv. 24, 28, 8.

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capto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. act. [capio].

Prop., to strive to seize, lay hold of a thing with zeal, longing, etc., to catch at, snatch, chase, etc.:

(syn. aucupor, venor): Tantalus a labris sitiens fugientia captat Flumina,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 68; so id. ib. 1, 2, 108; Ov. M. 3, 432; 10, 42; cf.:

aquam hianti ore,

Curt. 4, 16, 12; and:

imbrem ore hianti,

id. 4, 7, 14:

laqueo volucres, harundine pisces,

Tib. 2, 6, 23; Verg. G. 1, 139; Hor. Epod. 2, 36; Ov. M. 8, 217; cf.:

(meretrices) occurrebant amatoribus: Eos captabant,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 31:

muscas,

Suet. Dom. 3:

modo cervicem, modo crura,

Ov. M. 9, 37:

collum,

id. ib. 3, 428:

patulis naribus auras,

Verg. G. 1, 376; Ov. M. 7, 557; 4, 72:

plumas ore,

id. ib. 8, 198:

umbras et frigora,

Verg. E. 2, 8; cf. id. ib. 1, 53:

auribus aëra,

to catch the breeze, id. A. 3, 514:

captata Hesperie,

watched, sought for, Ov. M. 11, 768.—

Figuratively.

In gen., to strive after, long for, desire earnestly, try or seek to obtain (syn.: consector, appeto, aucupor;

class.): sermonem,

to watch, listen to, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 8; cf. Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 29:

sonitum aure admota,

Liv. 38, 7, 8;

solitudines,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63:

quid consili,

to adopt, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 91; Ter. And. 1, 1, 143; 2, 4, 1:

assensiones alicujus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51:

plausus,

to covet, id. Pis. 25, 60:

misericordiam,

id. Phil. 2, 34, 86; id. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

voluptatem,

id. Fin. 1, 7, 24 (opp. praeterire):

risus,

to provoke, strive to excite, id. Tusc. 2, 7, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 26; Phaedr. 1, 29, 1:

favorem,

Quint. 6, 1, 25; Suet. Tib. 57: nomen imperatorium, D. Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 4:

incerta pro certis,

Sall. C. 20, 2; cf.:

nubes et inania,

Hor. A. P. 230:

libertatis auram,

Liv. 3, 37, 1; cf.:

auram incertae famae,

Curt. 4, 5, 8:

occasionem,

to watch for, Liv. 38, 44, 3; Suet. Caes. 7:

tempus rei,

Quint. 4, 2, 70; Liv. 4, 36, 3:

tempestates,

id. 5, 6, 4:

brevitatem,

Quint. 10, 1, 32:

elegantiam actoris,

id. 11, 3, 184:

leporem propositionum ac partitionum,

id. 11, 1, 53:

solas sententias multas,

id. 8, 5, 30:

auctoritatem contemptu ceterorum,

id. 12, 3, 12; 9, 2, 98; cf. id. 11, 3, 142:

vox non captata, sed velut oblata,

id. 9, 3, 73. —With inf. as object:

prendique et prendere captans,

Ov. M. 10, 58:

laedere aliquem,

Phaedr. 4, 8, 6:

opprimere,

id. 5, 3, 2:

acquirere voluptates,

Col. 8, 11, 1.—

With a clause as object: cum, an marem editura esset variis captaret (i. e. magno studio quaereret) ominibus,

Suet. Tib. 14.—

In partic.

(Acc. to capio, II. 2.) To seek to catch or take one in a crafty manner, to lie in wait for, seek to entrap, to entice, allure (constr. quem, quod, quem cujus rei, cum quo, inter se, or absol.):

magnum hoc vitium vino'st: Pedes captat primum, luctator dolosu'st,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 6; cf.

captatio: quā viā te captent, eādem ipsos capi?

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16:

tu si me impudicitiae captas, capere non potes,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189; 1, 1, 266; 2, 2, 163; id. Men. 4, 2, 83:

astutemihi captandum'st cum illoc,

id. Most. 5, 1, 21:

quid ad illum qui te captare vult, utrum tacentem irretiat te an loquentem?

Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94:

est quiddam quod suā vi nos adliciat ad sese, non emolumento captans aliquo, sed trahens suā dignitate,

id. Inv. 2, 52, 157:

hostem insidiis,

Liv. 2, 50, 3:

inter se,

id. 44, 24, 8; 44, 25, 12: verba ( to interpret sophistically; cf. captio), Dig. 10, 4, 19.— Absol.: contra est eundum cautim et captandum mihi, Att. ap. Non. p. 512, 12; p. 512, 50: in colloquiis insidiari [p. 289] et captare, Liv. 32, 33, 11 ( = captionibus uti, studere fallere).—Hence,

A standing expression, to practise legacy - hunting, to hunt for legacies (aliquem or aliquod):

testamenta senum,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 23; cf.

hereditatem,

Dig. 29, 6, 1:

homines,

Petr. 116, 6; Mart. 6, 63; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 7; 4, 2, 2; Juv. 16, 56 al.; cf. captator and captatorius.—

To take up, begin, of discourse:

ubi captato sermone diuque loquendo ad nomen venere Jovis,

Ov. M. 3, 279.

ăvĭdus, a, um, adj. [1. aveo], longing eagerly for something (either lawful or unlawful), desirous, eager, earnest, greedy (diff. from avarus, q. v.).

In gen., constr. with gen., in with acc., dat., or absol.

With gen.:

cibi,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 16:

Romani semper appetentes gloriae praeter ceteras gentes atque avidi laudis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

festinatio victoriae avida,

id. Phil. 3, 1; so,

potentiae, honoris, divitiarum,

Sall. J. 15, 4:

avidissimus privatae gratiae, id. H. Fr. (Orat. Cottae ad Popul. p. 245 Gerl.): turba avida novarum rerum,

Liv. 1, 8, 6:

avidus poenae (sc. sumendae),

id. 8, 30, 13:

libidinum,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 11:

futuri,

id. A. P. 172 et saep.:

belli gerundi,

Sall. J. 35, 3: malefaciundi, id. H. Fr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 343 (p. 251, n. 116 Gerl.):

avidior properandi,

id. H. Fr. 4, 30 Gerl.:

videndi,

Ov. M. 10, 56 et saep.— Poet. with inf. (inst. of gen. of gerund.):

avidi committere pugnam,

Ov. M. 5, 75:

cognoscere amantem,

id. ib. 10, 472:

Chaos innumeros avidum confundere mundos,

Luc. 6, 696 al. —A. more remote gen. relation is found in Lucr.:

Humanum genus est avidum nimis auricularum,

in respect of, Lucr. 4, 594.—

With in with acc.:

avida in novas res ingenia,

Liv. 22, 21, 2:

avidae in direptiones manus,

id. 5, 20, 6.—

With dat.:

servorum manus subitis avidae,

Tac. H. 1, 7.—

Absol. and transf. to inanimate things:

ita sunt avidae (aures meae), etc.,

Cic. Or. 29, 104:

avidi cursus frena retentat equi,

Ov. P. 3, 9, 26:

avidae libidines,

Cic. Sen. 12, 39:

amor,

Cat. 68, 83:

cor,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 58:

pectus,

id. H. 9, 161:

amplexus,

id. M. 7, 143.—

Esp

Eager for gain, avaricious, covetous, greedy of money, = avarus:

me dices avidum esse hominem,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 34; id. Aul. prol. 9; 3, 5, 12; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 43:

Sed habet patrem quendam avidum, miserum atque aridum,

Ter. Heaut, 3, 2, 15:

divitiasque Conduplicant avidi,

Lucr. 3, 71:

aliquantum ad rem avidior,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 51:

grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa proferri perutile est,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; id. Rosc. Com. 7 fin.:

avidae manus heredis,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 19 al. —

Eager for food, hungry, greedy, voracious, gluttonous:

Avidos vicinum funus et aegros Exanimat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 126:

convivae,

id. ib. 1, 5, 75: Noli avidus esse in omni epulatione, * Vulg. Eccli. 37, 32.— Poet.:

Efficit ut largis avidum mare fluminis undis,

insatiable, Lucr. 1, 1031:

Exitio est avidum mare nautis,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 18:

morbus,

Lucr. 6, 1236:

manus Mortis,

Tib. 1, 3, 4:

ignis,

Ov. M. 9, 234; 12, 280:

flammae,

id. ib. 9, 172:

morsus,

id. ib. 4, 724 et saep.—

In Lucr. of space as swallowing up objects, wide, large, vast:

Inde avidei partem montes silvaeque ferarum Possedere,

Lucr. 5, 202: avido complexu quem tenet aether id. 2, 1066; so id. 5, 470.— Adv., eagerly, greedily, etc.

Anteclass. form ăvĭdĭter: invadere pocula, Val. Antias ap. Arn. 5, p. 155; so App.: merum ventri ingurgitare, Met. 4, p. 145, 27.—

Class. form ăvĭdē: ab ludis animus atque aures avent avide exspectantes mentium, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 83 Müll. (Trag. v. 71 Vahl.); Lucr. 4, 1108:

adripere Graecas litteras,

Cic. Sen. 8, 26:

adpetere aliquid,

id. ib. 20, 72:

exspectare aliquid,

id. Att. 12, 40; 16, 10:

jam bibit avide,

Suet. Tib. 59:

pransus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 127 al. — Comp.:

avidius se in voluptates mergere,

Liv. 23, 18, 11:

procurrere,

id. 34, 15, 4:

avidius vino ciboque corpora onerant,

id. 41, 2, 13:

vesci,

Suet. Calig. 18.— Sup.:

avidissime exspectare aliquid,

Cic. Phil. 14, 1:

credere aliquid,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 4:

adprehendere palmam,

id. 14, 22, 28, § 147.

cŭpĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3 ( imperf. subj. cŭpīret, Lucr. 1, 72; quoted ap. Non. p. 506 fin., and ap. Prisc. p. 879 P.), v. a. [Sanscr kup, to be in active motion, to be angry; cf. recupero], to long for a thing, to desire, wish (designating a natural, involuntary inclination, or an unbridled or passionate desire, while volo indicates an energetic will, and opto a deliberate wish or choice, Cic. Mil. 12, 32; Sen. Ep. 116, 2; cf. Klotz in Jahn's Neues Jahrb. 1834, II. p. 119 sq.; freq. in every per. and species of composition); constr. with acc., inf., acc. and inf., acc. and part., ut, ne, the gen., or absol.

In gen.

Lit., of persons.

With acc.:

quid istuc tam cupide cupis?

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 49:

nec bonum illud esse, quod cupias ardenter,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39:

nuptias,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 12:

cupere eadem, eadem odisse,

Sall. J. 31, 14:

domum alius, alius agros,

id. C. 11. 4:

novas res,

id. J. 70, 1:

quanto plura parasti, Tanto plura cupis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 148:

(magistratus, imperia, etc.) minime mihi hac tempestate cupienda videntur,

Sall. J. 3, 1; cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 66 et saep.—In part. perf.: corde cupitus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 41:

cupitus atque exspectatus,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 104:

Mars videt hanc visamque cupit potiturque cupitā,

Ov. F. 3, 21:

cupitus aetatis flos,

Lucr. 3, 770;

5, 847: cujus rei semper cupitae,

Liv. 26, 7, 3; Tac. A. 4, 3 et saep.:

tandem huic cupitum contigit,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 116; so in neutr., Liv. 3, 37, 7; Tac. A. 6, 32; 14, 2 al.—

With inf. (so most freq.):

emori cupio,

Ter. Heant. 5, 2, 18:

vitam mutare,

Lucr. 5, 170; 1, 71:

te celare de phaleris,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 29:

audire cupio,

id. Caecin. 12, 33:

diem consumere,

id. Att. 4, 2, 4:

operam navare,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25 fin.:

proelium facere,

Sall. J. 57, 4 et saep.:

cum nostri quid sine imperatore efficere possent perspici cuperent,

Caes. B. G. 3, 21.—

With acc. and inf.:

te tuā frui virtute cupimus,

Cic. Brut. 97, 331; id. Fam. 1, 2, 2: cupio me esse clementem;

cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf.

Haase ad Reisig, Lect. p. 790: (Pausanias) se tecum affinitate conjungi cupit,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3.—

With acc. and part.: Cu. Quis nominat me? Ph. Qui te conventum cupit. Cu. Hau me magis cupis, quam te ego cupio, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 25.—

With ut:

cupio ut impetret,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 34:

quin etiam necesse erit cupere et optare, ut peccet, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 16, 59:

responsum est mihi cupere quidem universos ut a me rationes coloniae legerentur,

Plin. Ep. 10, 47 (56), 1. —

With ne:

cupio, ne... habeant,

Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 6; cf. Ov. H. 6, 6.—

With subj. alone:

cupio te quoque sub idem tempus Campania tua remittat,

Plin. Ep. 5, 14 (15), 9.—

Absol.:

ubi nolis, cupiunt ultro,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 43:

qui cupit aut metuit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 51;

so with metuo,

id. ib. 1, 6, 12; 1, 16, 65; cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 185; 1, 1, 2:

cohortatus suos, omnibus cupientibus ad hostium castra contendit,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24; cf. id. ib. 3, 19 et saep.—

With gen.:

pol quamquam domi cupio, opperiar,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 23 Brix ad loc.; cf. P. a. a infra. —With gen. pers.:

quae (puellae) cupiunt tui,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 17; cf.:

jam dudum vestri cupiunt Lucrina tacita,

Symm. Ep. 1, 8 init. —

Transf., of things:

asperiora vina rigari utique cupiunt,

Plin. 17, 26, 41, § 250.—

Pregn., to be well disposed, be favorable or inclined to one, to favor, to wish well, to be interested for, etc.:

favere et cupere Helvetiis propter eam affinitatem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18; cf.:

quid ego Fundanio non cupio?

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 10:

ipsi Glycerio,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 2: cui maxime, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 4:

cujus causā omnia cum cupio, tum mehercule etiam debeo,

Cic. Fam. 13, 75, 1; cf.:

causam mihi tradidit, quem suā causā cupere ac debere intellegebat,

id. Rosc. Am. 51, 149:

vehementer ejus causā,

id. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

qui istius causā cupiunt omnia, qui ab eo benignissime tractati sunt, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 180; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21 Halm ad loc.—Hence the phrase cupio omnia quaevis, your wishes are mine; cf. the Engl., I am entirely at your service, Hor. S. 1, 9, 5.—Hence, cŭpĭens, entis, P. a., desiring, desirous, longing, eager for something (mostly ante- class. and post-Aug.; most freq. in Plaut. and Tac.).

With gen.:

corporis,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 7:

nuptiarum,

id. ib. 4, 4, 29:

tui (tua amica),

id. ib. 4, 2, 58:

liberorum,

Tac. A. 16, 6:

novarum rerum,

id. ib. 15, 46:

bonarum artium,

id. ib. 6, 46:

voluptatum,

id. ib. 14, 14:

erogandae pecuniae,

id. ib. 1, 75.— Comp., Aur. Vict. Caes. 24.— Sup.: cupientissimus legis, Sall. Fragm. ap. Diom. p. 291 P.—

Absol.:

ut quibusque bellum invitis aut cupientibus erat,

Tac. A. 1, 59.— Sup.:

Marius cupientissimā plebe consul factus,

Sall. J. 84, 1.— Adv.: cŭpĭenter, desirously, earnestly, eagerly, = cupide (only ante-class.): cupienter cupere, Enn. ap. Non. p. 91, 8 (Trag. Rel. v. 337 Vahl.):

discerpere membra,

Att. ib. p. 91, 6 (Trag. Rel. v. 543 Rib.):

petere,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 17.