dē-sīdĕro — Lewis & Short
dē-sīdĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.etym. dub.; cf. considero,
I to long for, greatly wish for, to desire something not possessed (freq. and class.—for syn. cf.: opto, requiro, expeto, appeto, affecto, cupio, concupisco, aveo, gestio, capto, volo).
I In gen., with acc.:
Dies noctesque me ames, me desideres,Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 113:
quam tu filium tuom, tam pater me meus desiderat,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 66:
natura quid velit, anquirat, desideret,Cic. Lael. 24:
nec sitio honores, nec desidero gloriam,id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 3:
dum illa desideramus, ab aliis avertimur,Quint. 10, 6, 7:
quid desideremus aut deprecemur,id. 4, 1, 52:
nec nunc vires desidero adolescentis non plus quam adolescens tauri aut elephanti desiderabam,Cic. de Sen. 9; Caes. B. C. 3, 74, 2:
desiderantem quod satis est,Hor. Od. 3, 1, 25:
Sextilem totum mendax desideror,id. Ep. 1, 7, 2 et saep.—
(b) With acc. and inf.:
me gratiam aps te inire verbis nil desidero,Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 10:
mihi dari haud desidero,id. Merc. 1, 2, 37:
quo ullam rem ad se importari desiderent,Caes. B. G. 4, 2.— With inf. alone:
mori,Vulg. Apoc. 9, 6.—
(g) With ab or in:
ab Chrysippo nihil magnum desideravi,Cic. Rep. 3, 8; id. Att. 8, 14, 2; Quint. 3, 1, 2 al.:
ab milite modestiam et continentiam,Caes. B. G. 7, 52 fin.:
in quo (Catone) summam eloquentiam,Cic. Brut. 31, 118; id. Fin. 5, 5, 13; id. Fam. 8, 5, 1; id. Lael. 22, 82; Quint. 7, 2, 55 al.—
(d) Absol.:
misere amans desiderat,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 30; id. Mil. 4, 6, 29; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 16 al.—
B Of inanimate subjects:
desiderarunt te oculi mei,Cic. Planc. 5, 13:
nullam virtus aliam mercedem laborum desiderat praeter, etc.,id. Arch. 11, 28:
ut desiderat laus probationem, sic, etc.,Quint. 3, 7, 4 et saep.:
desiderant rigari arbores,Plin. 17, 26, 40, § 249.
II With predominant idea of lacking, wanting, to miss any thing:
ex me audies, quid in oratione tua desiderem,Cic. Rep. 2, 38:
si non est, nolis esse neque desideres,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 73:
quid a peritioribus rei militaris desiderari videbatur,Caes. B. C. 3, 61, 3 et saep.—Esp. with quominus:
praeter quercum Dodonaeam nihil desideramus, quo minus Epirum ipsum possidere videamur,Cic. Att. 2, 4, 5. —
B Meton. (effectus pro causa), to lose something; and more freq. pass., to be missing, to be lost:
in eo proelio non amplius CC milites desideravit,Caes. B. C. 3, 99; cf. id. ib. 3, 71:
ut nulla navis desideraretur,id. B. G. 5, 23, 3; 7, 11, 8 et saep.:
neque quicquam ex fano praeter unum signum desideratum est,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44; Vell. 2, 52, 6:
ex peditibus triginta,Curt. 3, 29, 27.—
C With the notion of inquiring, searching; to investigate, examine, discuss (rare):
sequitur ut morbo laborantibus remedia desiderentur,Col. 9, 13, 1:
examina,id. 9, 8, 1.—Impers.:
antequam desideraretur,before the question should be raised, Vitr. 2, 6, 4.—Hence,
1 dēsīdĕrans, antis, P. a., in Sup. desiderantissimus, in the later writers for desideratissimus, as a term of endearment, heart's desire, best beloved:
vale, domine dulcissime, desiderantissime,Fronto Ep. 5, 40; M. Aur. ib. 1, 5;
L. Aur. Verus,ib. 2, 8; Inscr. Orell. 4644.— Adv.: dēsīdĕranter, acc. to no. I., with desire, eagerly (late Lat.):
appetere,Cassiod. Var. 1, 4.—Comp.:
quanto desiderantius desideras,Fronto Ep. ad Ver. Imp. 13.—
2 dēsīdĕrātus, a, um, P. a., wished for, longed for, welcome (very rare):
et veniet desideratus cunctis gentibus,Vulg. Aggaei, 2, 8: blandissima et desideratissimi promissa. Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2:
fratres desideratissimi,Vulg. Philip. 4, 1;
and in inscrr. applied to a beloved person: FILIO DESIDERATISSIMO,Inscr. Orell. 5068; id. Grut. 681, 2 al.