concupisco

Italian

Verb

concupisco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of concupire

Latin

Etymology

From concupiō +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

concupīscō (present infinitive concupīscere, perfect active concupīvī or concupiī, supine concupītum); third conjugation

  1. to desire, covet
    Synonym: dēsīderō
  2. to long for

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  • concupisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • concupisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • concupisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to aspire to dignity, high honours: honores concupiscere (opp. aspernari)
    • to aspire to a despotism: tyrannidem concupiscere