desideratam
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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →desideratus, desiderata -um, desideratior -or -us, desideratissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
desired, longed for, sought after; missed (the dead), regretted;
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
- M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...prioribus eam desideratam quia difficillima fuit. Et M. tullius inventionem quidem ac dispositionem prudentis hominis putat, eloquentiam oratoris..." - T
Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Oppiam nec aliam ullam tum legem desideratam esse quae modum sumptibus mulierum faceret, cum aurum et purpuram data..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...coepit: 'scio, patres conscripti, constantiam meam a plerisque desideratam quod Asiae civitatibus nuper idem istud petentibus..."
