eagerness Copy link Outline I. Eager desire1. ăvĭdĭtas2. cŭpĭdĭtas3. appĕtentia (less strong than the Eng.)4. stŭdium5. expr. by adjj. under EAGERII. Impetuosity1. ardor2. ălacrĭtas (liveliness, briskness)3. impĕtus, ūs • eagerness: I. Eager desire: 1. ăvĭdĭtas: e. for food, a. cibi, Cic.; a. ad cibos, Plin.: inexhaustible e. for reading, inexhausta legendi a., Cic. 2. cŭpĭdĭtas: v. desire. 3. appĕtentia (less strong than the Eng.): v. appetite. 4. stŭdium: to be inflamed with e., ardere studio, Cic.: v. desire, passion. 5. expr. by adjj. under eager: that you may understand my e. to see you, *ut intelligas quam sim avidus tui videndi, etc. II. Impetuosity: 1. ardor: the e. of soldiers demanding battle, a. militum pugnam deposcentium, Suet.: Liv.: Cic.: v. ardour. 2. ălacrĭtas (liveliness, briskness): the e. of hounds in hunting, canum a. in venando, Cic.: e. for defending the commonwealth, a. reipublicae defendendae, Cic. 3. impĕtus, ūs: v. impetuosity.
EAGERNESS Copy link • EAGERNESSEagerness after anything, cupiditas: cupido (☞ poetically and historically; not in Cic.): aviditas: appetentia: studium: desiderium: libido [ SYN. in DESIRE]. (The words are found in this connection and order.) studia cupiditatesque. Extreme eagerness, (cupiditatis) ardor, impetus; sitis: to fill anybody with eagerness, alicui cupiditatem dare or (stronger) injicere; aliquem in cupiditatem impellere; aliquem cupiditate incendere, inflammare: to restrain one’s eagerness after anything, cupiditatem coercere, tenere, comprimere, restinguere. More under DESIRE, Vid: Vehemence, vis: incitatio: impetus: violentia: ardor: aestus (the last two of passions). SYN. in VEHEMENCE.