Definition of desiderium
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LEM
dēsīderium, dēsīderiī
cf. desidero
noun (n., 2nd declension)
  1. a longing, ardent desire, wish, want, grief, regret
  2. want, need, necessity
  3. a request, petition
  4. [figuratively] of a person, a desire, longing
Abbreviations
dēsīderium ī, n cf. desidero, a longing, ardent desire, wish, want, grief, regret: Athenarum, T.: urbis, homesickness: coniunctissimi viri: tam cari capitis, H.: pectora diu tenet desiderium, Enn. ap. C.: Ita magno desiderio fuit ei filius, T.: Desideri pocula, love-potions, H.: desideria imperitorum commovere: fidelia, H.

—Want, need, necessity: cibi naturale, L.: hae manūs suffecere desiderio meo, Cu.

—A request, petition: desideria militum ad Caesarem ferenda, Ta.

—Fig., of a person, a desire, longing: Nunc desiderium, curaque non levis, H.: valete, mea desideria.
 
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