percupio

From LSJ

Γάμος γὰρ ἀνθρώποισιν εὐκταῖον κακόν → Conubium homini inire votivum est malum → Die Ehe ist den Menschen ein erflehtes Leid

Menander, Monostichoi, 102

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

per-cŭpĭo: pĕre, v. a.,
I to wish greatly, desire earnestly, to long (ante-class.): percupio obsequi gnato meo, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 61; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 57.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

percŭpĭō,¹⁶ ĕre, tr., désirer ardemment : Pl. As. 75 ; Ter. Eun. 896.

Latin > German (Georges)

per-cupio, ere, sehr wünschen, sehr gern wollen, et id ego percupio obsequi gnato meo, Plaut. asin. 76: Th. Vin interea, dum venit, domi opperiamur potius quam hic ante ostium? Ch. Immo percupio (verst. domi opperiri), Ter. eun. 894 sqq.: quas (bonas artes) qui sinceriter percupiunt appetuntque, hi sunt vel maxime humanissimi, Gell. 13, 17 (16), 1: quamquam ego percupiam omnino te nosse, Augustin. epist. 28, 1.

Latin > Chinese

percupio, is, ivi, itum, ere. 3. :: 企望