cupidus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

cupidus adj.with comp.and sup.

CVP-, longing, desiring, desirous, eager, zealous, wishing, loving, fond : eius videndi, T.: bellandi, Cs.: te audiendi: tui, devoted to : contentionis cupidiores quam veritatis: cupidissimus litterarum, N.: cupidissimis omnibus, eager for battle , Cs.: moriri, O.: tuas componere laudes, Tb.: in perspiciendā rerum naturā. — Excessively desirous, passionate, eager, greedy, lustful, covetous : animum cupidum inopiā incendere, T.: cupidos moderatis anteferre: emit homo: pecuniae: rerum novarum, Cs.: animi rixae, H.— Amorous, loving, longing : amantes, O.—Poet.: Eurydicem cupidis amplectitur ulnis, O.— Avaricious, covetous : homo. — Prejudiced, partisan, partial : quaestores vehementer (Verris): multi cupidi tui sunt, partisans : cupidior iudex.

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