desiderantibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →desidero, desiderare, desideravi, desideratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
desire/want, long/wish for, request, require/need; miss, lack; lose;; want to know; investigate/examine/discuss (L+S); raise the question;
abl. pl. pres. act. part.dat. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →desiderans, desiderantis (gen.), desiderantior -or -us, desiderantissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
greatly desired or missed; (SUPER of absent/dead persons);
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...inventae sunt mille conditurae quibus aviditas excitaretur, quae desiderantibus alimenta erant onera sunt plenis. Inde pallor et nervorum..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...domos oblata ultro potestas grata erat, et iam desiderantibus suos et longius in futurum providentibus desiderium. Per totum..."
