cupiti
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cupitus, cupita, cupitum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
much desired/longed for;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - 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. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →cupitus, cupiti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beloved, loved one;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →cupitum, cupiti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
one's desire, that which one desires;
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- P
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...quae uos propter adulescentiam minus uidetis, magis inpense cupitis, consulitis parum, haec reprehendere et corrigere quem, obsecundare..." - L
Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Recondere ensem? qualibet gaude mora; Id gerere bellum cupitis, in quo est optimum Vinci: uereris fratris infesti dolos..." - T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Quirites, Caesonem simul civem et legem quam cupitis habere non posse? Quamquam quid ego legem loquor? Libertati obstat..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...coniectus. Multitudini ostendens, quam colere plurimum, ut mox cupitis ministram haberet, decreverat. Exercitum dimisit, ut primum Alpis digressus..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...plena Caesarum domus, iuvenis filius, nepotes adulti moram cupitis adferebant; et quia vi tot simul corripere intutum dolus..."
