desideratum
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.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. 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. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...velut opes sint quaedam parandae, quibus uti ubicumque desideratum erit possit? VI. Eae constant copia rerum ac verborum..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...sermone explicandum, hic unum verbum et manifestum quidem desideratum: quod si aposiopesis est, nihil non in quo deest..."Appendix Perottina
Gaius Phaedrus
"...reuinxit animum copula.Hic dum consumit noctes custos diligens,desideratum est corpus ex una cruce.Turbatus miles factum exponit mulieri.At..."Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...regnum paternum Masinissae, laeti ut ad regem diu desideratum concessere. Syphax pulsis inde praefectis praesidiisque suis uetere..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...aestimandum esse. itaque ad remedium iam diu neque desideratum nec adhibitum, dictatorem dicendum, ciuitas confugit; et quia..."