want (v.) Copy link Outline 1. căreo, 2 (to be without, of something desirable)2. ĕgeo, 2 (to feel the w. of, to need for a given purpose)3. indĭgeo, 2 (to be in sore w., generally stronger than egeo)4. dēsīdĕro, 1 (to regret the absence of, to long for)5. rĕquīro, īsīvi, tum, 3 (to think necessary to an end)6. vŏlo, lui, velle, 3 irr. (to wish for)7. ăveo, 2 (to w. eagerly) • want (v.): 1. căreo, 2 (to be without, of something desirable): to w. a gift, carere munere, Virg. Aen. 5, 651: they w. a poet, carent vate, Hor. Od. 4, 9, 28: to w. the companionship of friends, carere consuetudine amicorum, Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63. 2. ĕgeo, 2 (to feel the w. of, to need for a given purpose): with abl. usually: importation of things which we w., invectio rerum quibus egemus, Cic. Off. 2, 3, 13: to w. eyes in order to see, oculis ad cernendum egere, id. N. D. 2, 57, 143: with gen.: you w. (have no) shame, pudoris eges. Pl. Am. 2, 2, 187: to w. help, e. auxilii, Caes. B. G. 6, 11: used absolutely: that I should be in wealth, she should w., me in divitiis esse, illam egere, Pl. Trin. 3, 2, 57. 3. indĭgeo, 2 (to be in sore w., generally stronger than egeo): I w. your advice, indigeo tui consilii, Cic. Att. 12, 35, fin.: my youth w.s their good opinion, mea adolescentia indiget illorum bona existimatione, id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44: to w. gold and silver, auri, argenti, indigere, id. Sull. 8, 25. 4. dēsīdĕro, 1 (to regret the absence of, to long for): I w. you, desideramus te, Cic. Fam. 16, 1, fin.: to w. (only) a sufficiency, desiderare quod satis est, Hor. Od. 3, 1, 25: v. to desire, to miss. 5. rĕquīro, īsīvi, tum, 3 (to think necessary to an end): I see not what the happy man w.s to make him happier, qui beatus est, non intelligo quid requirat ut sit beatior, Cic. Tusc. 5, 8, 23: great mental endowments are w.'d, magnae animi virtutes requiruntur, id. Manil. 22, 64. 6. vŏlo, lui, velle, 3 irr. (to wish for): come out; I w. you, exi te volo, Pl. Capt. 5, 2, 24: what does he w.? quid vult? Ter. Andr. 1, 2, 13: what do you w. me to do? quid vis faciam, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 24: you w. me to weep, vis me flere, Hor. A. P. 102: I w. you to defend me, tu velim nos defendas, Cic. Fam. 15, 3, extr.: v. to wish. 7. ăveo, 2 (to w. eagerly): I w. extremely to know, valde aveo scire, Cic. Att. 1, 15. Phr.: there w.s but little, paulum deest, abest, constr. with quin and conj., or with ad: there w.'d little to complete success, paulum defuit ad summam felicitatem, Caes. B. G. 6, 43: v. wanting: it w.s but an hour of noon, *meridies una tantum hora abest: things wanted, res necessariae: Cic.: Liv.