cupientium
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;
gen. pl. (all) - 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;
gen. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
ad Polybium
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...periclitantium et ad misericordiam mitissimi Caesaris pervenire cupientium [lacrimas siccare], lacrimae tibi tuae adsiccandae sunt. VII. Haec tamen..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...adice dentium inter se arietatorum ut aliquem esse cupientium non alium sonum quam est apris tela sua adtritu..."Liber XXXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ruente turba in unum adire contingere dextram cupientium, coronas lemniscosque iacientium haud procul periculo fuerit. sed erat trium..."
