desideratio

dēsīdĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [desidero],

I a desiring, longing for any thing; a missing (rare): voluptatum, * Cic. de Sen. 14, 47; plur. Vitr. 8 praef. fin. —

II The question to be examined : relinquetur desideratio, quid, etc., Vitr. 2, 6, 4.