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
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..."Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Oppiam nec aliam ullam tum legem desideratam esse quae modum sumptibus mulierum faceret, cum aurum et purpuram data..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...coepit: 'scio, patres conscripti, constantiam meam a plerisque desideratam quod Asiae civitatibus nuper idem istud petentibus..."
