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Latin
Etymology
From cupiō + -scō.
Pronunciation
Verb
cupīscō (present infinitive cupīscere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems
- (Late Latin) to wish, desire
Conjugation
References
- “cupisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cupisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- "cupiscere", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “cupiscere”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC