desiderentur
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. pass. subj. 3rd - 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. pass. subj. 3rd - 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. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...notae in carminibus ut etiam in oratoria compositione desiderentur. XIV. Deprendat quae barbara, quae inpropria, quae contra legem..."I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...quod caecitati praestatur, ideo praestatur, ut minus oculi desiderentur. Aliquis odit filium caecum et hac tantum ultione contentus..."
