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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.
desire (v.) Copy link
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• desire (v.):
    1. I. To long for:
      1. 1. cŭpĭo, īvi and ii, ītum, 3 (the most gen. term): the more thou hast gotten, the more thou d.st, quanto plura parasti, tanto plura cupis, Hor.: I d. to die, emori c., Ter.: whoso d.s or fears, qui c. aut metuit, Hor.: we d. you to enjoy your virtue, te tua frui virtute cupimus, Cic. (the subj. after cupio is rare and not to be imitated).
      2. 2. percŭpio, 3 (intens. of cupio): Pl.: Ter.
      3. 3. concŭpisco, 3 (to d. covetously, excessively: v. to covet): I d. nothing for myself, nihil mihi c., Cic.: to d. after pictures, tabulas c., Cic.: to d. to adorn the world, mundum ornare c., Cic.
      4. 4. dēsīdĕro, 1 (to feel something to be lacking): to thirst for honours, to d. glory, sitire honores, d. gloriam, Cic.
      5. 5. opto, 1: v. to wish for.
      6. 6. exopto, 1 (intens. of opto): Cic.
      7. 7. expĕto, īvi or ii, ītum, 3 (to seek after: with acc.), to d. eagerly Plautus' plays, studiose ex. Plautinas fabulas, Pl.: to d. for death, mortem ex., Cic.: also foll. by infin., Ter.
      8. 8. appĕto, etc., 3 (sim. to expeto, but less strong): to eagerly d. another's lands, alienos agros cupide ap, Cic.
      9. 9. gestĭo, īvi and ii, 4 (when desire is expressed in gesture: hence to d. eagerly): I d. greatly to know all, gestio scire omnia, Cic.: Hor.: v. to long.
      10. 10. ăveo, ăvēre (with inf.): v. to long. Phr.: to d. greatly, flagrare, ardere studio, cupiditate: v. to burn (intr.).
    2. II. To ask for:
      1. 1. opto, 1: d. from me any gift and reward you please, quodvis donum et praemium a me optato, Ter.: foll. by ut and subj., Cic.
      2. 2. vŏlo, vŏlui, velle: what is it that you d. of me? quid est quod me velis? Ter.
      3. 3. pĕto, 3: v. to ask, beg.