lust (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Carnal desireII. Any violent or irregular desire1. lĭbīdo2. cŭpĭdĭtas (any desire, good or bad) • lust (subs.): I. Carnal desire: lĭbīdo, ĭnis, f.: to be inflamed by l., libidine accendi, Sall. Cat. 25: Cic. II. Any violent or irregular desire: 1. lĭbīdo: the enjoyment of l.s, fructus libidinum, Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 8: to be a slave of l., libidini parere, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 60: libidini et cupiditati parere, id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, 78: or libidinibus servire, cf. Cic. Am. 22, 82: to restrain one's l.s, suas libidines cohibere, Cic. Mil. 28, 76; 2. cŭpĭdĭtas (any desire, good or bad): to control one's l.s, coercere omnes cupiditates, Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 194: v. passion. Phr.: the l.s of the flesh, desideria carnis, Vulg. Gal. v. 16: the l. of the flesh and the l. of the eyes, concupiscentia carnis, et concupiscentia oculorum, 1 Joh. ii. 16.