cupitas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cupitus, cupita, cupitum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
much desired/longed for;
acc. pl. (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. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →cupita, cupitae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beloved, loved one;
acc. pl.
Examples
- T
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...placeat maxume, ibi quidem si regnum detur, non cupita est civitas. V.ii EVTYCHVS Divom atque hominum quae spectatrix..." - T
Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...caput ipsum belli Romam petendi, cuius rei semper cupitae praetermissam occasionem post Cannensem pugnam et alii fremebant..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...paucos dies Cotta mutata veste permaestus, quod pro cupita voluntate plebes abalienata fuerat, hoc modo in contione populi..." - P
Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...misitque donum matri, nulla parsimonia, cum praecipua et cupita aliis prior deferret. sed Agrippina non his instrui cultus..."
