(v. a.P. a.) : cŭpĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3 (
* Imperf. subj. cŭpīret, Lucr. 1, 72; quoted ap. Non. p. 506 fin., and ap. Prisc. p. 879 P.), v. a. Sanscr kup, to be in active motion, to be angry; cf. recupero, to long for a thing, to desire, wish (designating a natural, involuntary inclination, or an unbridled or passionate desire, while volo indicates an energetic will, and opto a deliberate wish or choice, Cic. Mil. 12, 32; Sen. Ep. 116, 2; cf. Klotz in Jahn's Neues Jahrb. 1834, II. p. 119 sq.; freq. in every per. and species of composition); constr. with acc., inf., acc. and inf., acc. and part., ut, ne, the gen., or absol.
* In gen.
* Lit., of persons.
* Pregn., to be well disposed, be favorable or inclined to one, to favor, to wish well, to be interested for, etc.: favere et cupere Helvetiis propter eam affinitatem,Caes. B. G. 1, 18; cf.: quid ego Fundanio non cupio?Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 10: ipsi Glycerio,Ter. And. 5, 4, 2: cui maxime, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 4: cujus causā omnia cum cupio, tum mehercule etiam debeo,Cic. Fam. 13, 75, 1; cf.: causam mihi tradidit, quem suā causā cupere ac debere intellegebat,id. Rosc. Am. 51, 149: vehementer ejus causā,id. Fam. 13, 64, 1: qui istius causā cupiunt omnia, qui ab eo benignissime tractati sunt, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 180; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21 Halm ad loc.—Hence the phrase cupio omnia quaevis, your wishes are mine; cf. the Engl., I am entirely at your service, Hor. S. 1, 9, 5.—Hence, cŭpĭens, entis, P. a., desiring, desirous, longing, eager for something (mostly ante- class. and post-Aug.; most freq. in Plaut. and Tac.).
* Transf., of things: asperiora vina rigari utique cupiunt,Plin. 17, 26, 41, § 250.
* With acc. and inf.: te tuā frui virtute cupimus,Cic. Brut. 97, 331; id. Fam. 1, 2, 2: cupio me esse clementem; cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf. Haase ad Reisig, Lect. p. 790: (Pausanias) se tecum affinitate conjungi cupit,Nep. Paus. 2, 3.—*
* With acc. and part.: Cu. Quis nominat me? Ph. Qui te conventum cupit. Cu. Hau me magis cupis, quam te ego cupio, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 25.—(ε) With ut: cupio ut impetret,Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 34: quin etiam necesse erit cupere et optare, ut peccet, etc.,Cic. Lael. 16, 59: responsum est mihi cupere quidem universos ut a me rationes coloniae legerentur,Plin. Ep. 10, 47 (56), 1. —(ζ) With ne: cupio, ne ... habeant,Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 6; cf. Ov. H. 6, 6.—(η) With subj. alone: cupio te quoque sub idem tempus Campania tua remittat,Plin. Ep. 5, 14 (15), 9.—(θ) Absol.: ubi nolis, cupiunt ultro,Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 43: qui cupit aut metuit,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 51; so with metuo,id. ib. 1, 6, 12; 1, 16, 65; cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 185; 1, 1, 2: cohortatus suos, omnibus cupientibus ad hostium castra contendit,Caes. B. G. 3, 24; cf. id. ib. 3, 19 et saep.—(κ) With gen.: pol quamquam domi cupio, opperiar,Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 23 Brix ad loc.; cf. P. a. α infra. —With gen. pers.: quae (puellae) cupiunt tui,Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 17; cf.: jam dudum vestri cupiunt Lucrina tacita,Symm. Ep. 1, 8 init.
* With gen.: corporis,Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 7: nuptiarum,id. ib. 4, 4, 29: tui (tua amica),id. ib. 4, 2, 58: liberorum,Tac. A. 16, 6: novarum rerum,id. ib. 15, 46: bonarum artium,id. ib. 6, 46: voluptatum,id. ib. 14, 14: erogandae pecuniae,id. ib. 1, 75.—Comp., Aur. Vict. Caes. 24.—Sup.: cupientissimus legis, Sall. Fragm. ap. Diom. p. 291 P.
* Absol.: ut quibusque bellum invitis aut cupientibus erat,Tac. A. 1, 59.—Sup.: Marius cupientissimā plebe consul factus,Sall. J. 84, 1.— Adv.: cŭpĭenter, desirously, earnestly, eagerly, = cupide (only ante-class.): cupienter cupere, Enn. ap. Non. p. 91, 8 (Trag. Rel. v. 337 Vahl.): discerpere membra,Att. ib. p. 91, 6 (Trag. Rel. v. 543 Rib.): petere,Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 17.

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