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
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..."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..."