desiderabilis
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Latin > English
desiderabilis desiderabile, desiderabilior -or -us, desiderabilissimus -a -u ADJ :: wanted, desirable, that is to be wished for; missed (dead people); regretted
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēsīdĕrābĭlis,¹⁴ e (desidero), désirable, souhaitable : Cic. Fin. 1, 53 || dont on regrette la privation : Cic. Top. 69 || desiderabilior Suet. Tib. 21.
Latin > German (Georges)
dēsīderābilis, e, Adi. m. Compar. (desidero), verlangens-, wünschenswert, nihil desiderabile concupiscunt, Cic. – v. Pers., a) = unvergeßlich, velut suis vitiis desiderabilem efficere vellet avum, Liv.: ut tali successore desiderabilior ipse quandoque fieret, Suet. – b) zärtlich geliebt, filii, Augustin. ep. 127 lemm.
