desiderabilis

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Χθὼν πάντα κομίζει καὶ πάλιν κομίζεται → Nam terra donat ac resorbet omnia → Die Erde alles bringt, sich wieder alles nimmt

Menander, Monostichoi, 539

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dēsīdĕrābĭlis: e, adj. desidero,
I 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.