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
- M
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..." - M
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..." - G
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..." - T
Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...regnum paternum Masinissae, laeti ut ad regem diu desideratum concessere. Syphax pulsis inde praefectis praesidiisque suis uetere..." - T
Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...aestimandum esse. itaque ad remedium iam diu neque desideratum nec adhibitum, dictatorem dicendum, ciuitas confugit; et quia..."