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
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...accepi patrimonium laticlavium. Nemini tamen nihil satis est. Concupivi negotiari. Ne multis vos morer, quinque naves aedificavi, oneravi..." - M
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..."