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|lshtext=<b>dē-sīdĕro</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. etym. dub.; cf. [[considero]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[long]] for, [[greatly]] [[wish]] for, to [[desire]] [[something]] not [[possessed]] (freq. and [[class]].—for syn. cf.: [[opto]], [[requiro]], [[expeto]], [[appeto]], [[affecto]], [[cupio]], [[concupisco]], [[aveo]], [[gestio]], [[capto]], [[volo]]).<br /><b>I</b> In gen., [[with]] acc.: Dies noctesque me [[ames]], me desideres, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 113: [[quam]] tu filium tuom, tam [[pater]] me [[meus]] desiderat, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 66: [[natura]] [[quid]] velit, anquirat, desideret, Cic. Lael. 24: nec [[sitio]] honores, nec [[desidero]] gloriam, id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 3: dum [[illa]] desideramus, ab aliis avertimur, Quint. 10, 6, 7: [[quid]] desideremus aut deprecemur, id. 4, 1, 52: nec [[nunc]] [[vires]] [[desidero]] adolescentis non [[plus]] [[quam]] adolescens tauri aut elephanti desiderabam, Cic. de Sen. 9; Caes. B. C. 3, 74, 2: desiderantem [[quod]] [[satis]] est, Hor. Od. 3, 1, 25: Sextilem totum [[mendax]] desideror, id. Ep. 1, 7, 2 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. and inf.: me gratiam aps te inire verbis nil [[desidero]], Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 10: mihi dari [[haud]] [[desidero]], id. Merc. 1, 2, 37: quo ullam rem ad se importari desiderent, Caes. B. G. 4, 2.— With inf. [[alone]]: mori, Vulg. Apoc. 9, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ab or in: ab Chrysippo [[nihil]] magnum desideravi, Cic. Rep. 3, 8; id. Att. 8, 14, 2; Quint. 3, 1, 2 al.: ab milite modestiam et continentiam, Caes. B. G. 7, 52 fin.: in quo (Catone) summam eloquentiam, Cic. Brut. 31, 118; id. Fin. 5, 5, 13; id. Fam. 8, 5, 1; id. Lael. 22, 82; Quint. 7, 2, 55 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: [[misere]] [[amans]] desiderat, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 30; id. Mil. 4, 6, 29; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 16 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of [[inanimate]] subjects: desiderarunt te oculi mei, Cic. Planc. 5, 13: nullam [[virtus]] aliam mercedem laborum desiderat [[praeter]], etc., id. Arch. 11, 28: ut desiderat [[laus]] probationem, sic, etc., Quint. 3, 7, 4 et saep.: desiderant rigari arbores, Plin. 17, 26, 40, § 249.<br /><b>II</b> With [[predominant]] [[idea]] of [[lacking]], [[wanting]], to [[miss]] [[any]] [[thing]]: ex me audies, [[quid]] in oratione tua desiderem, Cic. Rep. 2, 38: si non est, nolis esse [[neque]] desideres, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 73: [[quid]] a peritioribus rei [[militaris]] desiderari videbatur, Caes. B. C. 3, 61, 3 et saep.—Esp. [[with]] [[quominus]]: [[praeter]] quercum Dodonaeam [[nihil]] desideramus, quo [[minus]] Epirum ipsum possidere videamur, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 5. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Meton. ([[effectus]] pro [[causa]]), to [[lose]] [[something]]; and [[more]] freq. [[pass]]., to be [[missing]], to be [[lost]]: in eo [[proelio]] non [[amplius]] CC milites desideravit, Caes. B. C. 3, 99; cf. id. ib. 3, 71: ut nulla [[navis]] desideraretur, id. B. G. 5, 23, 3; 7, 11, 8 et saep.: [[neque]] [[quicquam]] ex [[fano]] [[praeter]] unum [[signum]] desideratum est, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44; Vell. 2, 52, 6: ex peditibus [[triginta]], Curt. 3, 29, 27.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> With the [[notion]] of [[inquiring]], [[searching]]; to [[investigate]], [[examine]], [[discuss]] ([[rare]]): sequitur ut morbo laborantibus remedia desiderentur, Col. 9, 13, 1: examina, id. 9, 8, 1.—Impers.: [[antequam]] desideraretur, [[before]] the [[question]] should be [[raised]], Vitr. 2, 6, 4.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; dēsīdĕrans, antis, P. a., in Sup. desiderantissimus, in the [[later]] writers for desideratissimus, as a [[term]] of endearment, [[heart]]'s [[desire]], [[best]] [[beloved]]: [[vale]], domine dulcissime, desiderantissime, [[Fronto]] Ep. 5, 40; M. Aur. ib. 1, 5; L. Aur. Verus, ib. 2, 8; Inscr. Orell. 4644.— Adv.: dēsīdĕranter, acc. to no. I., [[with]] [[desire]], [[eagerly]] ([[late]] Lat.): appetere, Cassiod. Var. 1, 4.—Comp.: [[quanto]] desiderantius desideras, [[Fronto]] Ep. ad Ver. Imp. 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; dēsīdĕrātus, a, um, P. a., wished for, longed for, [[welcome]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): et veniet [[desideratus]] cunctis gentibus, Vulg. Aggaei, 2, 8: blandissima et desideratissimi promissa. Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2: fratres desideratissimi, Vulg. [[Philip]]. 4, 1; and in inscrr. applied to a [[beloved]] [[person]]: FILIO DESIDERATISSIMO, Inscr. Orell. 5068; id. Grut. 681, 2 al.