o-Dekl. (n.)
dēsīderium dēsīderiī n
Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch:
dēsīderium, iī, neutrum (desidero)
I)das (vermissende) Verlangen, der Wunsch nach etwas, die Sehnsucht
d. Athenarum me cepitTer.
miserum d. urbis me tenetCic.
desiderio alicuius rei magno teneri, großes Verlangen tragenCic.
esse in desiderio rerum sibi carissimarum, Verlangen tragenCic.
esse in desiderio civitatis, verlangt, ersehnt werden vom usw.Cic.
alicui esse magno desiderioTer.
praefecti Philippi superbo atque immodico imperio desiderium Amynandri fecerant, hatten bewirkt, dass man sich den A. zurückwünschteLiv.
eadem causa dictatoris desiderium senatui fecit, machte beim S. den Wunsch rege, einen D. zu wählenLiv.
me tanto desiderio afficis, ut etc., erregst in mir so große Sehnsucht, dass usw.Cic.
desiderio id fieri tuo (für tui)Ter.
desiderio tabescereCic.
desiderio macerariSen.
quam postea, cum reliqueritis, ea macerent desiderioLiv.
desiderio alicuius torqueriFronto
parentium patriaeque desiderium explere (stillen)Liv.
desiderio alicuius mortuum esseCic.
haec mea voluntas, in qua inest aliqua vis desiderii ad sanandum vulnus iniuriaeCic. ep. 15, 4, 14
daher metonymisch = der Gegenstand der Sehnsucht
d. meum, meine SehnsuchtCatull. 2, 5Cic. ep. 14, 2, § 2 und (Plural) § 4Petron. 139, 4; vergleiche Hor. carm. 1, 14, 8
II)insbesondere
A)das natürliche Bedürfnis
cibi potionisque des. naturaleLiv.
naturale des. corporumLiv.
Veneris naturale des.Curt.
des. corporumPlin.
scabendiPlin.
umoris (nach Wasser)Curt.
hae manus suffecere desiderio meo, reichten für meine Bedürfnisse ausCurt.
B)der Wunsch, das Anliegen, die Bitte, das Bittgesuch
desideria adeuntium, hominumSuet.
desideria militumSuet.Tac.
desideria provinciarumPlin. pan.
desiderio alicuius indulgerePlin. ep.
Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary:
dēsīderium, ī, neuter cf. desidero, a longing, ardent desire, wish, want, grief, regret
AthenarumTer.
urbis, homesicknessCic.
coniunctissimi viriCic.
tam cari capitisHor.
pectora diu tenet desiderium, Enn. ap.Cic.
Ita magno desiderio fuit ei filiusTer.
Desideri pocula, love-potionsHor.
desideria imperitorum commovereCic.
fideliaHor.
Want, need, necessity
cibi naturaleLiv.
hae manūs suffecere desiderio meoCurt.
A request, petition
desideria militum ad Caesarem ferendaTac.
Figuratively, of a person, a desire, longing
Nunc desiderium, curaque non levisHor.
valete, mea desideriaCic.
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