wish (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. optātio (act of w.ing)2. optātum (the thing w.'d)3. vŏluntas (will, consent)4. dēsīdĕrium (longing for something absent)5. vōtum (prayer) • wish (subs.): 1. optātio (act of w.ing): when Neptune had allowed him three w.s, cui quum tres optationes Neptunus dedisset, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94. 2. optātum (the thing w.'d): having obtained which w., quo optato impetrato, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 94: in all your affairs fortune has answered to my w.s, in omnibus tuis rebus meis optatis fortuna respondit, id. Fam. 2, 1, 2: beyond my w., praeter optatum meum, id. Pis. 20, 46: according to one's w., optato, id. Att. 13, 28, 3. 3. vŏluntas (will, consent): so that the citizens assented to his w.s, ut ejus voluntatibus cives assenserint, Cic. Manil. 16, 48: I will comply with your w., obsequar voluntati tuae, id. Fin. 2, 6, 17. 4. dēsīdĕrium (longing for something absent): a w. for the city, desiderium urbis, Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 1: you will fulfil all my expectation and long-cherished w., expleris omnem exspectationem diuturni desiderii nostri, id. de Or. 1, 47, 205. 5. vōtum (prayer): the w.s of his own avarice, vota cupiditatum suarum, Cic. Verr. 5, 54, 142: having gained a w., voti potens, Ov. M. 8, 80: does one of Attalus' cities occur to you as a w.? an venit in votum Attalicis ex urbibus una? Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 5. Phr.: to follow with one's best w.s, ominibus optimis prosequi, Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2: you have my very best w.s for success, quod bonum faustum felix fortunatumque sit, Cic.: according to one's w., ex sententia, de s., Cic.: nothing was more agreeable to my w.s, nihil mihi fuit optatius, Cic. Fam. 1, 5.
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.
WISH Copy link • WISH 1. s. optatio (act of wishing): optatum: cupitum (Plaut., Ter., a thing wished, object of desire): desiderium (longing for a thing absent; also, the thing longed for): voluntas (will, desire): votum (a vow, a wish embodied in a prayer). To follow with best wishes, optimis ominibus prosequi: to have or cherish a wish, optare (with an infinitive); est in optatis or in votis (with an infinitive): to be the object of one’s wishes, ab aliquo expeti: to fulfil or meet one’s wishes, facere quae aliquis optat or vult; alicujus voluntati satisfacere or obsequi; aliquem voti compotem facere: I have obtained my wish, optatum impetro; adipiscor quod optaveram or quod concupiveram; voti damnor; voto potior; voti compos fio; quae volui mihi obtigerunt: according to one’s wish, ex optato; ex sententia; ad alicujus voluntatem: everything proceeds according to my wishes, cuncta mihi procedunt; nihil mihi accidit quod nolim; fortuna in omnibus rebus respondet optatis meis: every wish has hitherto been gratified, nihil adhuc mihi praeter voluntatem accidit: to follow one with best wishes, aliquem optimis ominibus (☞ not votis) prosequi. 2. v. To desire, long for, optare: exoptare (with an accusative or infinitive): in optatis mihi est: in votis est (with an infinitive): cupere (with an accusative or infinitive): cupere optareque: concupiscere (with an accusative or infinitive: ☞ optare and its cognates refer to the idea of good in the object of a wish; cupere and its cognates to the emotion of wishing itself, or the mere impulse of the mind): velle (with an infinitive): aliquid desiderare (to miss). I wish nothing more earnestly, nihil est quod malim: I could wish, velim or mallem; optem or optaverim (☞ with this distinction, that the present tense is used when the wish relates to something possible, or that is likely to be attained; but the imperfect or perfect when the wish is for something understood to be unattainable or impossible): wished, optatus; exoptatus: to be wished, optabilis (Cic.); exoptabilis (Plaut.): to wish one joy, alicui gratulari; (concerning anything), aliquid, or de aliqua re: to wish beforehand, voto praecipere (in the Silver Age, voto praesumere; e.g., Plin., Ep., 3, 1, 11): to wish anybody anything, precari alicui aliquid (good or evil); imprecari alicui aliquid (evil): to wish anyone well, or ill, bene, male precari alicui: to wish well to anybody (give him one’s good wishes, etc.), bene velle, or bene cupere alicui, or cupere alicui, or favere et cupere alicui (Caes.); optimis ominibus aliquem prosequi (especially one setting out on a journey): to wish everything bad to anyone, detestari aliquem omnibus precibus; tristissimis ominibus aliquem prosequi (especially on setting out for a journey): to wish him well with all my heart, ex animo bene velle alicui. To desire to have anything done, velle. Do you wish anything? num quid vis? num quid imperas? do you wish anything else? num quid ceterum vis? as you wish, ut placet; ut videtur; ut jubet.