cupitor
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. fut. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. imp. 3rd - Entry →cupitor, cupitoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
one who desires/wishes; seeker after;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- P
Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...satis causae. Nero tamen, ut erat incredibilium cupitor, effodere proxima Averno iuga conisus est, manentque vestigia inritae spei..." - P
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...tamen repertus est nisi unus talis matrimonii cupitor, Alledius Severus eques Romanus, quem plerique Agrippinae gratia impulsum ferebant..."
