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|lshtext=<b>cŭpĭdus</b>: a, um, adj. [[cupio]],<br /><b>I</b> [[longing]], desiring, [[desirous]], [[eager]], in a [[good]] and [[bad]] [[sense]], wishing, [[loving]], [[fond]], etc. ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].); constr. [[with]] gen., abl., inf., in, or absol.<br /><b>I</b> In a [[good]] [[sense]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of persons.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: ejus videndi [[cupidus]], Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 12; so, huc redeundi, abeundi a milite, Vosque hic videndi, id. ib. 1, 2, 16: redeundi domum, id. ib. 3, 1, 3: bellandi, Caes. B. G. 1, 2: te audiendi, Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 16: [[valde]] spectandi, id. ib. 1, 35, 162: [[satis]] faciendi rei publicae, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 1 et saep.: vitae, Lucr. 6, 1238; Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 1: mortis, Hor. S. 2, 2, 98: liberorum, Quint. 4, 2, 42: sententiarum, id. 5, 13, 31: pacis, Hor. S. 2, 1, 44 et saep.—Comp.: contentionis [[quam]] veritatis, Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 47.—Sup.: litterarum, Nep. [[Cato]], 3, 1: nostri, Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 104. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf.: attingere, Prop. 1, 19, 9: moriri, Ov. M. 14, 215.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With in and abl.: [[cupidus]] in perspiciendā cognoscendāque rerum naturā, Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: si [[quicquam]] [[cupido]] optantique obtigit, Cat. 107, 1: cupidum [[vires]] Deficiunt, Hor. S. 2, 1, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of things: equorum Vis cupida, Lucr. 2, 265.—<br /><b>II</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[passionately]] desiring or [[longing]] for, [[eager]], [[greedy]], [[lustful]], [[passionate]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of persons.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: auri, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 51; cf. pecuniae, Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 8: damni, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 34: vini, id. ib. 1, 2, 50 (not vino, v. Ritschl ad h. l.): rerum novarum, imperii, Caes. B. G. 5, 6; cf.: rerum novarum, id. ib. 1, 18: cujuscumque motūs [[novi]], Tac. H. 1, 80; and: nullius rei [[nisi]] imperii, Nep. Reg. 2, 2: laedendi, Quint. 5, 7, 16: maledicendi, id. 6, 2, 16 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: cupidos moderatis anteferre, Cic. Font. 14, 32 (10, 22): non esse mirandum, qui in illā re [[turpis]] aut [[cupidus]] aut [[petulans]] fuerit, hāc [[quoque]] in re eum deliquisse, id. Inv. 2, 10, 33: [[emit]] [[homo]] [[cupidus]] (for [[which]], [[just]] [[before]], cupiditate [[incensus]]), [[eager]] to [[purchase]], id. Off. 3, 14, 59: [[stultus]] cupidusque, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 24: cupidusque et amata relinquere [[pernix]], id. A. P. 165 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of things: cor, Lucr. 4, 1138; Prop. 1, 8, 29; Hor. C. 3, 14, 26 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Longing from [[love]], [[pining]], [[languishing]] for, [[loving]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Of persons: neu me cupidum eo (sc. ad uxorem ducendam) impulisset, Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 6: [[maritus]], Cat. 64, 375; Tib. 1, 8, 74; Ov. M. 4, 679: cupidi [[nomen]] amantis habe, id. H. 3, 26.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of things: [[simul]] ac cupidae mentis satiata [[libido]] est, Cat. 64, 147; Ov. M. 11, 63; id. Am. 3, 7, 9 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Desirous of [[money]], [[avaricious]], [[covetous]], Quint. 11, 1, 88: [[multitudo]] cupidorum hominum, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64: [[homo]] [[castus]] ac non [[cupidus]], id. Sest. 43, 93; Vitr. 1, 1, 7; so in [[sup]]., Suet. Vesp. 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Devoted to a [[party]], favoring [[any]] one, [[partial]]: quaestores [[vehementer]] (Verris), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: cupidi et irati et conjurati testes, id. Font. 10, 21 (6, 11): judices ([[with]] infesti, invidentes), Tac. Or. 31; cf. comp.: judex, Cic. Caecin. 3, 8; and [[auctor]], id. Clu. 24, 66.—Hence, cŭ-pĭdē, adv., [[eagerly]], in a [[good]] and [[bad]] [[sense]], [[zealously]], [[passionately]], [[vehemently]], [[ardently]], [[warmly]], [[partially]], etc. (freq. and [[class]].), Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 11; Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 1; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 3; id. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; id. Phil. 2, 21, 52; Nep. Arist. 1, 4; Quint. 1, 3, 13; Cat. 63, 2; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 100 et saep.—Comp., Caes. B. G. 1, 15; 5, 15; Liv. 3, 32, 3 al.— Sup., Caes. B. G. 1, 40; id. B. C. 2, 20; Sall. C. 40, 4 al.

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|georg=cupidus, a, um, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. ([[cupio]]), [[begierig]] im guten u. üblen Sinne, dah. [[auch]] = [[lüstern]], gelüstend [[nach]] etw., u. = [[leidenschaftlich]], in [[Leidenschaft]] [[gesetzt]] (Ggstz. [[moderatus]]), I) im allg.: a) v. Pers.: α) absol.: [[consul]] [[non]] c., Cic.: emit [[homo]] [[cupidus]] et [[locuples]] [[tanti]], [[quanti]] [[Pythius]] voluit, Cic.: ut omnium cupidissimorum insanias expleret, Cic. – β) m. obj. Genet.: c. auri, Plaut., auri et argenti, Curt.: c. pecuniae, Cic.: c. artificii ([[Kunstwerk]]), Cic.: liberorum od. liberûm, Kinder wünschend, Quint. u. Cic.: c. huius coniugii, Nep.: gloriae, Val. Max.: imperii, Caes.: [[nullius]] [[rei]] [[cupidus]] [[nisi]] [[singularis]] perpetuique imperii, Nep.: c. litterarum (Gelehrter), Cels.: [[pacis]], [[friedliebend]], Hor.: rerum novarum, Caes., od. novarum rerum, Cic.: cupidi litium et rixae animi (Gemüter), Hor.: c. ultionis, Val. Max. – [[utinam]] [[minus]] vitae cupidi fuissemus, Cic. – c. te audiendi, Cic., od. ulteriora audiendi, Plin. ep.: bellandi, Caes., od. bellorum gerendorum, Cic.: laedendi, Quint.: [[male]] dicendi, [[schmähsüchtig]], Quint.: pugnandi, Cic.: redeundi domum, Ter.: [[eius]] videndi, Ter. – Compar., contentionis cupidiores [[quam]] veritatis (denen es [[mehr]] um [[Streit]] [[als]] um [[Wahrheit]] zu [[tun]] ist), Cic.: [[neque]] [[salutis]] [[quam]] fidei fuit cupidior (eifriger [[bedacht]] [[auf]] usw.), Nep.: ceteri [[propter]] liberos pecuniae cupidiores solent [[esse]], Cic.: [[qui]] cupidiores [[eius]] subtilitatis erunt, die [[sich]] [[mehr]] [[für]] solche Künsteleien [[interessieren]], Vitr. – Superl., avicularum cupidissimus, [[Fronto]]: litterarum cupidissimus fuit (interessierte [[sich]] [[sehr]] [[für]] usw.), Nep.: magno pecoris [[numero]], [[cuius]] sunt cupidissimi [[barbari]], potiuntur, Caes. – γ) m. Infin., Tibull. 4, 1, 35. Prop. 1, 19, 9. Ov. [[met]]. 14, 215. Lucan. 7, 266. – δ) m. in u. Abl.: [[quis]] est [[tam]] [[cupidus]] ([[eifrig]]) in perspicienda cognoscendaque rerum [[natura]], ut etc., Cic. de off. 1, 154. – b) v. Lebl.: equorum [[vis]] c., Lucr.: c. [[manus]] (Plur.), Ov.: c. [[livor]], Prop.: c. [[haustus]], Val. Max.: c. [[profectio]], Val. Max.<br />'''II)''' insbes.: a) in [[Leidenschaft]] [[gesetzt]], [[nach]] [[Liebe]] schmachtend (vgl. Broukh. Tibull. 1, 10, 58. Ruhnk. Ov. her. 3, 26), [[animus]] alcis c., Ter.: [[maritus]], Catull.: [[amans]], Catull., amantes, Verg.: [[mens]], Catull.: hymenaei cupidi, Inscr. – [[neu]] me cupidum eo impulisset, [[quod]] [[mihi]] principiumst mali, Ter. Phorm. 158: pateat cupidis [[semper]] aperta [[domus]], Tibull.: cupidis amplectitur ulnis, Ov. – b) begehrlich, eigennützig, [[interessiert]], der allg. Ausdr. [[für]] das spez. [[habsüchtig]] (Ggstz. [[liberalis]]; vgl. Hildebr. Apul. 4, 24. p. 271), [[homo]] [[castus]] ac [[non]] c., Cic.: [[homo]] [[non]] [[cupidus]] ([[interessiert]]) [[neque]] [[appetens]], Cic.: [[mater]] [[eius]] avara et c., Lampr.: c. milites, Quint.: [[non]] [[loquor]] de integris, de innocentibus, de religiosis; [[tot]] cupidi, [[tot]] improbi, [[tot]] audaces, Cic.: [[hoc]] [[consilium]] Aquilio et talibus viris [[tam]] cupidum, [[tam]] [[audax]], [[tam]] temerarium probabitur? Cic.: da cupidum, avarum, tenacem, [[iam]] [[tibi]] [[eum]] liberalem dabo, Lact. – Compar., [[paulo]] cupidior [[publicanus]], Cic. – Superl., naturā cupidissimus, Suet. – m. in u. Abl., [[non]] [[esse]] mirandum, [[qui]] in [[illa]] re [[turpis]] [[aut]] [[cupidus]] [[aut]] [[petulans]] fuerit, [[hac]] [[quoque]] in re [[eum]] deliquisse, Cic. de inv. 2, 33. – c) [[leidenschaftlich]] [[für]] eine [[Person]] strebend, α) im guten Sinne, [[von]] [[Enthusiasmus]] [[für]] jmd. [[beseelt]], jmdm. [[enthusiastisch]] [[ergeben]], jmdm. [[gewogen]], [[homo]] tui [[cupidus]], [[nostri]] amantissimus, Cic.: tales viros, [[tam]] cupidos [[sui]]... crudelissime perire voluit, Cic.: [[homo]] [[nostri]] cupidissimus, Cic. – absol. subst., [[sive]] [[apud]] infestos (feindl. Gesinnte) [[sive]] [[apud]] cupidos ([[günstig]] Gesinnte) [[sive]] [[apud]] invidentes dicendum habuerit, Tac. dial. 31. – β) im üblen Sinne, jmdm. od. [[einer]] [[Partei]] [[leidenschaftlich]] [[ergeben]], [[parteiisch]], quaestores [[vehementer]] istius (Verris) cupidi, Cic. Verr. 2, 12. – gew. absol., [[iudex]] c., Cic.: [[testis]] c., Cic.: tum [[enim]] [[forsitan]] improbis [[nimis]] [[cupidus]] videretur, si [[qua]] de re [[iudex]] fuisset [[testis]] esset, Cic. – Compar., [[tamen]] is cupidior [[esse]] videatur, [[quam]] sapientem iudicem [[esse]] [[aequum]] est, Cic.: [[tantum]] donis datis muneribusque perfecerat, ut eo fautore uteretur cupidiore, [[quam]] [[fides]] iudicis postulabat, Cic.

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