will (v.) Copy link Outline I. To desireII. To leave by w.1. lēgo, 12. rĕlinquo, īqui, ctum, 3 • will (v.): I. To desire: vŏlo, vŏlui, velle, irr.: our forefathers w.'d it that about all the magistrates you should give your votes twice, majores de omnibus magistratibus bis vos sententiam ferre voluerunt, Cic. Agr. 2, 11, 26: I will do what you w., faciam quod vultis, id. Rep. 1, 24, 38. If will has no emphasis on it, it is in Latin generally expressed by the future tense. Phr.: as you w., ut libet, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 16: I would (should will) that: velim (of things possible), vellem (of impossible): constr. with subj.: Cic.: would that, utinam (in earnest prayer): constr. subj.: Cic.: Liv.: etc. II. To leave by w.: 1. lēgo, 1: he w.s a large sum to his wife, uxori grandem pecuniam legat, Cic. Clu. 12, 33. 2. rĕlinquo, īqui, ctum, 3: to w. money to any one, relinquere pecuniam alicui, Quint. 5, 11., 33.