concupieris
Dictionary entries
- Entry →concupio, concupere, concupivi, concupitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
desire/wish greatly/eagerly/ardently; covet, long for, be desirous of;; desire eagerly/ardently; covet, long for; aim at; conceive a strong desire for;
sg. futperf. act. ind. 2ndsg. perf. act. subj. 2nd - Entry →concupio, concupere, concupivi, concupitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
desire/wish greatly/eagerly/ardently; covet, long for, be desirous of;
sg. fut. pass. ind. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...horrida sit, quidquid potes congeris. Ne, obsecro te, concupieris peruersissimam gloriam, infelicissima uideri. 5. Simul cogita non esse..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...maiestatis ambitio, concupiscere honorem, quem dedigneris, dedignari, quem concupieris: quumque ex proximis hortis campum et comitia prospectes..."
