cupientem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cupiens, cupientis (gen.), cupientior -or -us, cupientissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Early
desirous, eager for, longing; anxious;
acc. sg. (m./f.) - 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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
ad Polybium
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...alium in extrema senectute fatigatum iam et exire cupientem vix emittit; alio quidem atque alio tempore, omnes tamen..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...aliter nocere non possit, terras maria caelum ruere cupientem, infestam pariter inuisamque. 6. Vel, si uidetur, sit qualis..."Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...aequo est, quique properantem impedit. Occidere est, uetare cupientem mori. Nec tamen in aequo est: alterum grauius reor..."Vitellius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...haec, tum peculiari merito, quod praesidens certamini Neroneo cupientem inter citharoedos contendere nec quamvis flagitantibus cunctis promittere audentem..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...interfecit: Catilinam orbem terrae caede atque incendio vastare cupientem nos consules perferemus"? XIV. Hic et Catilina Graccho..."X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...sepulcra perfudit, quo gemitu audientem forsitan et exire cupientem frustra vocavit animam! o natura crudelis, plus magum posse..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...confessa patri; nec motus et atro imperat (infandum!) cupientem occumbere leto. sero memor thalami maestae solacia morti, Phoebe..."Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...quas regna uocat non uana uetustas. 590nominis antiqui cupientem noscere causascognita per multos docuit rudis incola patres. 'nondum..."