desidero, desiderare, desideravi, desideratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · variant: 1st · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
desire/want, long/wish for, request, require/need; miss, lack; lose;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | desidero | desideramus |
| 2 | desideras | desideratis |
| 3 | desiderat | desiderant |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | desiderare |
| active | perfect | desideravisse |
| passive | present | desiderari |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | desidera | desiderate |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | desiderato | desideratote |
| 3 | desiderato | desideranto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | desiderare | desideramini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | desiderator | — |
| 3 | desiderator | desiderantor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | desideratus | desiderati |
| Gen. | desiderati | desideratorum |
| Dat. | desiderato | — |
| Acc. | desideratum | desideratos |
| Voc. | desiderate | desiderati |
| Abl. | desiderato | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | desiderata | desideratae |
| Gen. | desideratae | desideratarum |
| Dat. | desideratae | — |
| Acc. | desideratam | desideratas |
| Voc. | desiderata | desideratae |
| Abl. | desiderata | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | desideratum | desiderata |
| Gen. | desiderati | desideratorum |
| Dat. | desiderato | — |
| Acc. | desideratum | desiderata |
| Voc. | desideratum | desiderata |
| Abl. | desiderato | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | desiderandus | — |
| Gen. | desiderandi | — |
| Dat. | desiderando | — |
| Acc. | desiderandum | — |
| Voc. | desiderande | — |
| Abl. | desiderando | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | desideranda | — |
| Gen. | desiderandae | — |
| Dat. | desiderandae | — |
| Acc. | desiderandam | — |
| Voc. | desideranda | — |
| Abl. | desideranda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | desiderandum | — |
| Gen. | desiderandi | — |
| Dat. | desiderando | — |
| Acc. | desiderandum | — |
| Voc. | desiderandum | — |
| Abl. | desiderando | — |
Supines
accusative: desideratum; ablative: desideratu
Examples
- T
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nunc me gratiam abs te inire verbis nil desidero: cras apud me eritis et tu et ille..." - T
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...bonum, malum quo accedit, mihi dari haud desidero. CH. Cedo tuam mihi dexteram, agedum, Acanthio. AC. Em dabitur..." - T
Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...moror? Nam praesente hoc plura uerba fieri non desidero. CHALINVS SERVOS Si nunc me suspendam, meam operam luserim..." - T
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...gnatus tuos potitust hostium, expertus quanti fuerit nunc desidero. HEG. Alienus cum eius incommodum tam aegre feras, quid..." - P
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...Quid? nostin qui sim? AE. Non desidero. SA. Tetigin tui quicquam? AE. Si attigisses, ferres infortunium..." - P
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...quanto diutius abest mage cupio tanto et mage desidero. CH. sed ipsum foras egressum video: ibo adloquar. Menedeme..." - P
Hecyra
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...vellem meritam scio? amoque et laudo et vehementer desidero; nam f sse erga me miro ingenio expertu..." - A
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...quod Lucilius ait, "nasceretur". Set id quaero, id desidero: cum pro amico contra ius, contra quam licet, salva..."