dēsīdĕrĭum — Lewis & Short
dēsīdĕrĭum, ii, n.desidero,
I a longing, ardent desire or wish, properly for something once possessed; grief, regret for the absence or loss of any thing (for syn. cf.: optio, optatio, cupido, cupiditas, studium, appetitio, voluntas—freq. and class.).
I Prop.
(a) With gen. object.:
te desiderium Athenarum cepisset,Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 13; cf.:
me desiderium tenet urbis,Cic. Fam. 2, 11; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 22;
and, locorum,Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 21:
rerum earum,Lucr. 3, 901; cf. id. 3, 922; 918:
esse in desiderio alicujus,Cic. Fam. 2, 12 fin.:
desiderium conjunctissimi viri ferre,id. Lael. 27, 104:
Scipionis desiderio moveri,id. ib. 3, 10:
tam cari capitis,Hor. Od. 1, 24, 1:
defuncti,Suet. Calig. 6 et saep.:
desiderio id fieri tuo (for tui),Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 66; cf.:
voluntas, in qua inest aliqua vis desiderii ad sanandum volnus injuriae,Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 14.—
(b) Absol.: pectora dura tenet desiderium, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41:
alicui esse magno desiderio,Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 5:
explere exspectationem diuturni desiderii,Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 205:
quo (desiderio) conficior,id. Or. 10:
ex desiderio laborare,id. Fam. 6, 11:
facere aliquid cum desiderio,id. Lael. 21, 81:
demus hoc desiderio jam pene publico,Quint. 8, 4, 29 et saep. In plur.: desideria alicujus commovere, Cic. Rab. perd. 9, 24; Hor. Od. 4, 5, 15 et saep.
II Trop., of a person, as the object of longing:
nunc desiderium, curaque non levis,Hor. Od. 1, 14, 18: desiderio meo nitenti, Catull. 2, 5;
and as a term of endearment: mea lux, meum desiderium ... valete, mea desideria, valete,Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 2 fin.; Catull. 2, 5.—
III Transf.
A Want, need, necessity, in general (rare;
not ante-Aug.): cibi potionisque desiderium naturale,Liv. 21, 4 et saep.:
pro desiderio corporum,Plin. 11, 50, 111, § 264:
desideria scabendi,id. 30, 14, 43, § 127 al.—
B In the time of the empire, a request, petition on the part of inferiors:
desideria militum ad Caesarem ferenda,Tac. A. 1, 19; 1, 26; Suet. Aug. 17; Plin. Pan. 79, 6; Dig. 1, 16, 9; 25, 3, 5.—
C Desires, pleasures (late Lat.):
servientibus desideriis et voluptatibus,Vulg. Tit. 3, 3:
carnis,id. Ephes. 2, 3.