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                    "description": "cŭpĭdĭtas (noun F) : (\n* Gen. plur. rarely -tatium, Cic. Sest. 66, 138; Sen. Ep. 5, 7), f. cupidus, a desire, wish, longing, in a good and (more freq.) in a bad sense.\n* In a good sense, a longing, desire.\n* With gen.: insatiabilis quaedam veri videndi,Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 44: cognoscendi,id. ib.: imitandi,id. Brut. 92, 317: mirabilis pugnandi,Nep. Milt. 5, 1 al.: justi et magni triumphi,Cic. Pis. 25, 59: gloriae,id. ib.: mira studiorum,Tac. Or. 2: cibi,appetite,Cels. 2, 3 al.\n* In a bad sense, a passionate desire, lust, passion, cupidity.\n* Absol.: nimis flagrare cupiditate,Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 134: nimis confidere propter cupiditatem,on account of warm desire,id. Off. 1, 21, 73: de voluntate tuā, ut simul simus, vel studio potius et cupiditate non dubito,eager longing,id. Att. 12, 26, 1; cf.: tanta erat magnificentia apud opulentiores, cupiditas apud humiliores, devotion, enthusiasm, Auct. B. G. 8, 51 fin.\n* In gen.\n* With gen.: pecuniae,Caes. B. G. 6, 22; Quint. 7, 2, 30 al.: praedae,Caes. B. G. 6, 34: praeceps et lubrica dominandi,Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 50: laedendi,Quint. 5, 7, 30: diutius exigendi mercedulas,id. 12, 11, 14 et saep.\n* In partic.\n* Transf., the object of desire (cf. ἐπιθυμία): alicujus ex inpurissimis faucibus inhonestissimam cupiditatem eripere,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19; cf. id. Scaur. 14, 45.\n* A passionate desire for money or other possessions; avarice, cupidity, covetousness: nisi ipsos caecos redderet cupiditas et avaritia et audacia,Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 101; so with avaritia,Quint. 12, 1, 6; Suet. Dom. 9: et contemptus pecuniae et cupiditas,Quint. 7, 2, 30; opp. abstinentia,Suet. Dom. 9; 10: cupiditas causa sceleris fuit,Quint. 5, 12, 6 Spald.; 3, 5, 10; 5, 10, 34; Suet. Calig. 44 al.\n* The passion of love: cupiditatis ardor,Curt. 8, 4, 27: insana,Val. Max. 7, 3, 10: aliquam non cupiditate tantā diligere, ut, etc.,Suet. Calig. 24.\n* An undue partiality, spirit of party: (testes) aut sine ullo studio dicebant, aut cum dissimulatione aliquā cupiditatis,Cic. Fl. 10, 21; 26, 64; id. Planc. 17, 43; Liv. 24, 28, 8.\n* The lust of power, ambition (post-Aug.): non te propria cupiditas, sed aliena utilitas principem fecit,Plin. Pan. 7."
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