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
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..."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..."
