desiderabilis

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dēsīdĕrābĭlis, e, adj. [desidero],

desirable (rare): desiderabilia (anteponantur) iis, quibus facile carere possis, Cic. Top. 18, 69; id. Fin. 1, 16, 53: velut suis vitiis, Liv. 24, 5: princeps, Tac. H. 2, 76: terra, Vulg. Psa. 105, 24; and in the Comp. Suet. Tib. 21.— Sup. does not occur.—* Adv., dēsī-dĕrābĭlĭter , with ardent desire : concupiscere, Aug. Ep. 143, 2.

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