per-cŭpĭo, pĕre, v. a.,
to wish greatly , desire earnestly , to long (ante-class.): percupio obsequi gnato meo, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 61; Ter. Eun. 896.
per-cupiō —, —, ere, to desire earnestly: Immo percupio, it suits me exactly, T. ...
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