cupiendis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cupio, cupere, cupivi, cupitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wish/long/be eager for; desire/want, covet; desire as a lover; favor, wish well;
abl. pl. fut. pass. part.dat. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
- L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...potest accidere cum animos in societatem honesta cupiendi par voluntas trahit. Quidni non possit? sciunt enim ipsos omnia..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...mortalibus mos est ex magnis maiora cupiendi: protinus excidit, quidquid ante apud nos beneficium uocabatur, nec ea intuemur..."