concupiscas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →concupisco, concupiscere, concupivi, concupitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
desire eagerly/ardently; covet, long for; aim at; conceive a strong desire for;
sg. pres. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
- L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...dignum putare, quod speres. Quid enim habet, quod concupiscas? qui a diuinorum conuersatione quotiens ad humana recideris..." - G
Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...nimis urbanus es nisi concupiscis. Atque utinam concupiscas! ut tot tantisque dotibus villulae nostrae maxima commendatio..."