desideremus
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;
pl. pres. act. subj. 1st - Entry →desideo, desidere, desedi, desessus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sit; settle down; remain seated/sitting; loiter/hang about, be idle/slothful;; settle (sediment); defecate; deteriorate, degenerate; remain inactive (L+S);
pl. imperf. act. subj. 1st - Entry →desido, desidere, desedi, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sink/settle down, subside; sit down; defecate; be depressed; deteriorate;
pl. imperf. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...putide loqui? Qualis sermo meus esset si una desideremus aut ambularemus, inlaboratus et facilis, tales esse epistulas meas..."Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...sequitur ut pluris quasdam vitas ad plura discenda desideremus. Neque enim illi didicerunt haec usque in senectutem..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...sentire credibile sit antequam incipimus: tum quid aut desideremus aut deprecemur. Ipsa illum natura eo ducet ut sciat..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...esse, quod eam voluptatem hoc eodem auctore non desideremus, cum dolore careamus. [30] quam haec sunt contraria..."
