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
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nunc me gratiam abs te inire verbis nil desidero: cras apud me eritis et tu et ille..."Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...bonum, malum quo accedit, mihi dari haud desidero. CH. Cedo tuam mihi dexteram, agedum, Acanthio. AC. Em dabitur..."Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...moror? Nam praesente hoc plura uerba fieri non desidero. CHALINVS SERVOS Si nunc me suspendam, meam operam luserim..."Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...gnatus tuos potitust hostium, expertus quanti fuerit nunc desidero. HEG. Alienus cum eius incommodum tam aegre feras, quid..."Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...Quid? nostin qui sim? AE. Non desidero. SA. Tetigin tui quicquam? AE. Si attigisses, ferres infortunium..."Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...quanto diutius abest mage cupio tanto et mage desidero. CH. sed ipsum foras egressum video: ibo adloquar. Menedeme..."Hecyra
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...vellem meritam scio? amoque et laudo et vehementer desidero; nam f sse erga me miro ingenio expertu..."Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...quod Lucilius ait, "nasceretur". Set id quaero, id desidero: cum pro amico contra ius, contra quam licet, salva..."