concupivi
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. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...accepi patrimonium laticlavium. Nemini tamen nihil satis est. Concupivi negotiari. Ne multis vos morer, quinque naves aedificavi, oneravi..."IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...contra varios mortalium casus quasi portum benignitatis aperire, concupivi quandam humanitatis civicam gloriam: periturum hominem, sive ille naufragio..."