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
- L
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..." - L
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..." - T
Liber XXXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ruente turba in unum adire contingere dextram cupientium, coronas lemniscosque iacientium haud procul periculo fuerit. sed erat trium..."
