wish (v.) Copy link Outline 1. opto, 1 (to w. for as good; implying some choice)2. exopto, 1 (to w. earnestly)3. cŭpio, īvi or ii, ītum, 3 (expresses the actual emotion of w.ing, the impulse of the mind)4. vŏlo, vŏlui, velle5. dēsīdĕro, 1 (to long for)6. prĕcor, 1, dep. (to pray for, express a w.) • wish (v.): 1. opto, 1 (to w. for as good; implying some choice): that a man ought to admire, w. for, or seek nothing except what is honourable and seemly, nihil hominem, nisi quod honestum decorumque sit, aut admirari aut optare aut expetere oportere, Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 66: Phaethon w.'d to be taken up into the chariot of his father, Phaethon optavit ut in currum patris tolleretur, ib. 3, 25, 94: we often w.'d to see this day, hunc videre saepe optabamus diem, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 29. 2. exopto, 1 (to w. earnestly): what the majority of men deem best that they chiefly w. for, quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur ea maxime exoptant, Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118. 3. cŭpio, īvi or ii, ītum, 3 (expresses the actual emotion of w.ing, the impulse of the mind): whose attempts they did not w. to check, if they could, and, if they had w.'d, could hardly do so, cujus conatus illi nec, si possent, reprimere cuperent, et, si vellent, vix possent, Cic. Mil. 12, 32: the more you have got the more you w. for, quanto plura parasti tanto plura cupis, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 148. 4. vŏlo, vŏlui, velle: Aelius w.'d to be a Stoic, Aelius Stoicus esse voluit, Cic. Brut. 56, 206: I w. you to answer me this, illud volo ut respondeas, id. Vatin. 7, 18: how I w. we could have had Panaetius with us, quam vellem Panaetium nobiscum haberemus, id. Rep. 1, 10, 15: you w. for pikes, cohorts, vis pila, cohortes, Juv. 10, 94: I and he w. each other well, ego huic et mi hic bene volumus, Pl. Ps. 1, 3, 4. 5. dēsīdĕro, 1 (to long for): I am neither athirst for honours nor do I w. for glory, nec honores sitio nec desidero gloriam, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 3. 6. prĕcor, 1, dep. (to pray for, express a w.): so to leave your country that one's fellow-citizens may w. for your return, sic exire e patria ut cives reditum precentur, Cic. Pis. 14, 33. Phr.: objects to be coveted and w.'d for, expetenda atque optabilia, Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 221: this was one of the things I w.'d for, hoc erat in votis, Hor. S. 2, 6, 1: as you w., ut placet, ut libet: v. to will: I w. you joy, gratulor tibi, Cic. Fam. 6, 12.