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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.
(β). 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.
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