cupieris
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;
sg. futperf. act. ind. 2ndsg. perf. act. subj. 2nd - 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;
sg. fut. pass. ind. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
- L
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...comminus possint? Longum inter uos interuallum sit. Cum cupieris bene laudari, quare hoc ulli debeas? Ipse te lauda..." - L
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...uoles; per illos non stabit quominus quantum plurimum cupieris haurias. Quae illum felicitas, quam pulchra senectus manet..."
