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
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..."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..."