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  • 1 cupidus

        cupidus adj. with comp. and sup.    [CVP-], longing, desiring, desirous, eager, zealous, wishing, loving, fond: eius videndi, T.: bellandi, Cs.: te audiendi: tui, devoted to: contentionis cupidiores quam veritatis: cupidissimus litterarum, N.: cupidissimis omnibus, eager for battle, Cs.: moriri, O.: tuas componere laudes, Tb.: in perspiciendā rerum naturā. — Excessively desirous, passionate, eager, greedy, lustful, covetous: animum cupidum inopiā incendere, T.: cupidos moderatis anteferre: emit homo: pecuniae: rerum novarum, Cs.: animi rixae, H.—Amorous, loving, longing: amantes, O.—Poet.: Eurydicem cupidis amplectitur ulnis, O. — Avaricious, covetous: homo. — Prejudiced, partisan, partial: quaestores vehementer (Verris): multi cupidi tui sunt, partisans: cupidior iudex.
    * * *
    cupida -um, cupidior -or -us, cupidissimus -a -um ADJ
    eager/passionate; longing for/desirous of (with gen.); greedy; wanton/lecherous

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  • 2 dēsīderium

        dēsīderium ī, n    [cf. desidero], a longing, ardent desire, wish, want, grief, regret: Athenarum, T.: urbis, homesickness: coniunctissimi viri: tam cari capitis, H.: pectora diu tenet desiderium, Enn. ap. C.: Ita magno desiderio fuit ei filius, T.: Desideri pocula, love-potions, H.: desideria imperitorum commovere: fidelia, H.— Want, need, necessity: cibi naturale, L.: hae manūs suffecere desiderio meo, Cu.— A request, petition: desideria militum ad Caesarem ferenda, Ta.—Fig., of a person, a desire, longing: Nunc desiderium, curaque non levis, H.: valete, mea desideria.
    * * *
    desire/longing/want/requirement; desire/grief/regret for dead/absent/loss; favorite, object of desire; pleasure, that desired/needed; petition, request

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  • 3 cupiditas

    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.
    I.
    In a good sense, a longing, desire.
    (α).
    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. —
    (β).
    With ad:

    tanta cupiditas ad reditum,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 4, 9:

    tanta ad venandum,

    Curt. 9, 1, 33.—
    (γ).
    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. —
    II.
    In a bad sense, a passionate desire, lust, passion, cupidity.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    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. —
    (β).
    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.—
    b.
    Carnal desire, lust, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 21;

    of animals,

    Col. 6, 27, 4.—
    2.
    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.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    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.—
    b.
    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.—
    c.
    Greediness of gain in trade, usury, overreaching, fraud, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9.—
    d.
    The lust of power, ambition (post-Aug.):

    non te propria cupiditas, sed aliena utilitas principem fecit,

    Plin. Pan. 7.—
    2.
    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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  • 4 cupidus

    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.
    I.
    In a good sense.
    1.
    Of persons.
    (α).
    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. —
    (β).
    With inf.:

    attingere,

    Prop. 1, 19, 9:

    moriri,

    Ov. M. 14, 215.—
    * (γ).
    With in and abl.:

    cupidus in perspiciendā cognoscendāque rerum naturā,

    Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    si quicquam cupido optantique obtigit,

    Cat. 107, 1:

    cupidum vires Deficiunt,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 12.—
    2.
    Of things:

    equorum Vis cupida,

    Lucr. 2, 265.—
    II.
    In a bad sense, passionately desiring or longing for, eager, greedy, lustful, passionate.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Of persons.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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. —
    2.
    Of things:

    cor,

    Lucr. 4, 1138; Prop. 1, 8, 29; Hor. C. 3, 14, 26 al.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Longing from love, pining, languishing for, loving.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    Of things:

    simul ac cupidae mentis satiata libido est,

    Cat. 64, 147; Ov. M. 11, 63; id. Am. 3, 7, 9 al.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.

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  • 5 cupīdō

        cupīdō inis, f (poet. also m)    [CVP-], a desire, wish, longing, eagerness, passion: cepit me proloqui: urbis condendae, L.: somni, S.: gloriae, S.: cupidinibus statuere modum, H.: si vobis cupido Certa sequi, resolve, V.—Excessive desire, passion, greed: sordidus, H.: Responsare cupidinibus Fortis, H.: honoris, S.: praedae caeca, O.: (oppidi) potiundi, S.: (rerum) inmodica, L.: ferri, passion for bloodshed, V.: an sua cuique deus fit dira cupido, his inspiration, V.—Love, desire, lust: turpis, V.: visae virginis, O.: femineus, for a woman, O.: muliebris, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    desire/love/wish/longing (passionate); lust; greed, appetite; desire for gain
    II
    Cupid, son of Venus; personification of carnal desire

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  • 6 cupiēns

        cupiēns entis, adj. with sup.    [P. of cupio], desirous, longing, eager: novarum rerum, Ta.: liberorum, Ta.: cupientissimā plebe consul factus, at the earnest desire of, S.
    * * *
    cupientis (gen.), cupientior -or -us, cupientissimus -a -um ADJ
    desirous, eager for, longing; anxious

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  • 7 dēsīderātiō

        dēsīderātiō ōnis, f    [desidero], a desiring, longing, missing: (voluptatum) dub
    * * *
    desire, longing; want, requirement; question to be examined (L+S)

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  • 8 orexis

        orexis is, f, ὄρεξισ, a longing, appetite, Iu.
    * * *
    craving, longing; appetite

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  • 9 adpetentia

    appĕtentĭa ( adp-), ae, f. [appeto], a longing after something, appetite:

    adpetentia cibi,

    Plin. 19, 8, 38, § 127:

    liberalium artium,

    id. 23, 1, 22, § 38:

    gloriae,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 15.—Without gen., desire, longing:

    libido effrenatam (efficit) adpetentiam,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15.

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  • 10 appetentia

    appĕtentĭa ( adp-), ae, f. [appeto], a longing after something, appetite:

    adpetentia cibi,

    Plin. 19, 8, 38, § 127:

    liberalium artium,

    id. 23, 1, 22, § 38:

    gloriae,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 15.—Without gen., desire, longing:

    libido effrenatam (efficit) adpetentiam,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15.

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  • 11 desiderium

    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.).
    I.
    Prop.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.
    II.
    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.—
    III.
    Transf.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    Desires, pleasures (late Lat.):

    servientibus desideriis et voluptatibus,

    Vulg. Tit. 3, 3:

    carnis,

    id. Ephes. 2, 3.

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  • 12 appetentia (adp-)

        appetentia (adp-) ae, f    [appetens], desire, longing: laudis: effrenata.

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  • 13 appetītiō (adp-)

        appetītiō (adp-) ōnis, f    [appeto], a grasping at: solis.—Fig., an earnest longing, desire, strong inclination: naturalis: principatūs.

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  • 14 appetītus (adp-)

        appetītus (adp-) ūs, m    [appeto], a longing, eager desire: vehementior: voluptatis: ut appetitūs rationi oboediant, the appetites.

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  • 15 aviditās

        aviditās ātis, f    [avidus], eagerness for, avidity, longing, vehement desire: animi, Cu.: cibi: sermonis: legendi. — Greed of gain, covetousness, avarice: ingeni: inflammati aviditate.
    * * *
    greed, covetousness; keen desire, lust/passion; appetite (food/drink), gluttony

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  • 16 avidus

        avidus adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 AV-], longing eagerly, desirous, eager, greedy: libidines: porca: amplexus, O.: cursūs, V.: cibi, T.: laudis: potentiae, S.: novarum rerum, L.: ad pugnam, L.: futuri, H.: avidi, wine-bibbers, H.: avidior gloriae: avidissima caedis, O.: avidi committere pugnam, O.: in pecuniis: in direptiones manus, L.: Volcanus, fiery, H.: legiones, eager for battle, Ta. —Esp., greedy of gain, avaricious, covetous: pater, T.: animus: manūs heredis, H.: ad rem avidior, T.: gens avidissima, Cu. — Voracious, ravenous, gluttonous: avidos funus Exanimat, H.: canes, O.: convivae, H.: mare, insatiable, H.: ignis, O.
    * * *
    avida -um, avidior -or -us, avidissimus -a -um ADJ
    greedy, eager, ardent, desirous of; avaricious, insatiable; lustful, passionate

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  • 17 conciliātiō

        conciliātiō ōnis, f    [concilio], a connection, union, bond: generis hominum: civilis.—Fig., a conciliating, making friendly, gaining over: conciliationis causā. — In rhet., a gaining over, conciliating (of a judge or audience).—In philos., an inclination, longing: hominis ad ea, quae, etc.: naturae.—An acquiring, procuring, winning: gratiae.
    * * *
    connection/union; winning over/favor; attraction; acceptance; desire; procuring

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  • 18 cupiditās

        cupiditās ātis （ gen plur. -tātum, rarely -tātium, C.), f    [cupidus], a longing, desire, passion, eagerness: nimis confidere propter cupiditatem: insatiabilis veri videndi: pecuniae, Cs.: libertatis. pugnandi, N.: militum, zeal, Cs.: ad reditum: popularis, a demagogue's ambition.—Excessive desire, lust, passion: vita disiuncta a cupiditate: caeca dominatrix animi: mala, T.: coërcere omnīs cupiditates: ardens in cupiditatibus, S.—Avarice, cupidity, covetousness: nisi ipsos caecos redderet cupiditas.— An object of desire: alicuius ex faucibus cupiditatem eripere.—Partisanship, partiality, unfairness: cupiditatis atque inimicitiarum suspicio: dissimulatio cupiditatis: cupiditas ac studium, partiality and prejudice, L.: omni carens cupiditate, etc., i. e. without personal feeling.
    * * *
    enthusiasm/eagerness/passion; (carnal) desire; lust; greed/usury/fraud; ambition

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  • 19 Cupīdō

        Cupīdō inis, m    the god of love, Cupid, son of Venus, C., V., O., H. — Plur: mater Cupidinum, H.
    * * *
    I
    desire/love/wish/longing (passionate); lust; greed, appetite; desire for gain
    II
    Cupid, son of Venus; personification of carnal desire

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  • 20 exspectātiō or expectātiō

        exspectātiō or expectātiō ōnis, f    [exspecto], an awaiting, expecting, expectation, longing, desire: caeca: praeter exspectationem, unexpectedly: magna: cum summā exspectatione populi R.: exspectationibus decipiendis: Funambuli, T.: eventūs, S.: boni, mali: audiendi: crebras exspectationes nobis tui commoves: plenus sum exspectatione de Pompeio: maior exspectatio, quibusnam rationibus ea vis comparetur.

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  • longing — I UK [ˈlɒŋɪŋ] / US [ˈlɔŋɪŋ] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms longing : singular longing plural longings a strong feeling of wanting someone or something Jean ached with longing to return home and see her family again. His longing for… …   English dictionary

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