concupitas
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;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...stultitiam non revolvitur. Dixi, si forte meministi, et concupita vulgo et formidata inconsulto impetu plerosque calcasse: inventus..."de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...fornice. Nullo modo magis potest deus concupita traducere quam si illa ad turpissimos defert, ab optimis abigit..."Epistola ad Caesarem II
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) from SPURIA
"...corporis gaudiis, animo indulgens, non adsentando, neque concupita praebendo, perversam gratiam gratificans; sed in labore, patientia, bonisque praeceptis..."