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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• desire (subs.):
    1. I. A longing:
      1. 1. dēsīdĕrium (a sense of loss or deficiency): d. is a longing to see one who is not yet present, d. est libido ejus qui nondum adsit videndi, Cic.
      2. 2. cŭpĭdĭtas (in good as well as bad sense: the usu. word in Cic.): an insatiable d. of seeing truth, insatiabilis quaedam c. veri videndi, Cic.: to feel a very strong d., incredibili c. ardere, Cic.: v. passion.
      3. 3. cŭpīdo, ĭnis, f., in Hor. m. (= cupiditas, but not in Cic. except poet.): a d. of founding a city took possession of Romulus, Romulum c. cepit urbis condendae, Liv.: d. for glory, c. gloriae, Sall.
      4. 4. appĕtītio (a neutral word, used by Cic. in philosophical sense): natural d. and aversion, ap. et declinatio naturalis, Cic.: d. of what is another's, alieni ap., Cic.
      5. 5. appĕtītus, ūs: v. appetite.
      6. 6. appĕtentia (= appetitio): d. of food, ap. cibi, Plin.
      7. 7. ămor, ōris, m. (a passionate d.): a (strong) d. for praise, laudum a., Cic.: a d. for war, belli a. Virg.: v. love.
      8. 8. stŭdĭum (an eager d.): the d. of discovering truth, st. veri reperiendi, Cic.: v. devotion, zeal.
      9. 9. ăvĭdĭtas: v. eagerness.
      10. 10. lĭbīdo (usu. of bad d.): v. longing. Phr.: to feel a d., cupĕre, avēre, etc. (see verb): I d., mihi est in animo, mihi animus fert (v. to propose, intend): to satisfy any one's d., animum explere (alicui), Cic.: according to (any one's) d., ex sententia, Cic.: Ter.: to be inspired with a d. for revenge, ad ulciscendum ardere, Sall.
    2. II. Sexual d.:
      1. 1. dēsīdĕrium: the cup of d. (i.e. the love-philtre), desiderî poculum, Hor.
      2. 2. lĭbīdo, ĭnis, f.: v. lust.
      3. 3. cŭpĭdĭtas: Plin.
      4. 4. ardor, ōris, m.: to cloak over d. (passion), dissimulare a., Tib.
      5. 5. Vĕnus, ĕris, f.: an application of the root will repress d., illita radix inhibebit Venerem, Plin.: Virg.: v. love, lust.
    3. III. The thing d.d or requested:
      1. 1. vōtum: to fulfil any one's d., v. alicujus implere, Curt.: Ov.
      2. 2. optātum (chiefly in pl.): v. wish.