I.longing, desiring, desirous, eager, in a good and bad sense, wishing, loving, fond, etc. (very freq. and class.); constr. with gen., abl., inf., in, or absol.
I. In a good sense.
1. Of persons.
(α).
With gen.: “ejus videndi cupidus,” Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 12; so, “huc redeundi, abeundi a milite, Vosque hic videndi,” id. ib. 1, 2, 16: “redeundi domum,” id. ib. 3, 1, 3: “bellandi,” Caes. B. G. 1, 2: “te audiendi,” Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 16: “valde spectandi,” id. ib. 1, 35, 162: satis faciendi rei publicae, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 1 et saep.: “vitae,” Lucr. 6, 1238; Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 1: “mortis,” Hor. S. 2, 2, 98: “liberorum,” Quint. 4, 2, 42: “sententiarum,” id. 5, 13, 31: “pacis,” Hor. S. 2, 1, 44 et saep.—Comp.: “contentionis quam veritatis,” Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 47.—Sup.: “litterarum,” Nep. Cato, 3, 1: “nostri,” Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 104. —
(γ).
With in and abl.: “cupidus in perspiciendā cognoscendāque rerum naturā,” Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154.—
(δ).
Absol.: “si quicquam cupido optantique obtigit,” Cat. 107, 1: “cupidum vires Deficiunt,” Hor. S. 2, 1, 12.—
2. Of things: “equorum Vis cupida,” Lucr. 2, 265.—
II. In a bad sense, passionately desiring or longing for, eager, greedy, lustful, passionate.
A. In gen.
1. Of persons.
(α).
With gen.: “auri,” Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 51; cf. “pecuniae,” Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 8: “damni,” Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 34: “vini,” id. ib. 1, 2, 50 (not vino, v. Ritschl ad h. l.): “rerum novarum, imperii,” Caes. B. G. 5, 6; cf.: “rerum novarum,” id. ib. 1, 18: “cujuscumque motūs novi,” Tac. H. 1, 80; and: “nullius rei nisi imperii,” Nep. Reg. 2, 2: “laedendi,” Quint. 5, 7, 16: “maledicendi,” id. 6, 2, 16 et saep.—
(β).
Absol.: “cupidos moderatis anteferre,” Cic. Font. 14, 32 (10, 22): “non esse mirandum, qui in illā re turpis aut cupidus aut petulans fuerit, hāc quoque in re eum deliquisse,” id. Inv. 2, 10, 33: “emit homo cupidus (for which, just before, cupiditate incensus),” eager to purchase, id. Off. 3, 14, 59: “stultus cupidusque,” Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 24: “cupidusque et amata relinquere pernix,” id. A. P. 165 al.—
B. In partic.
1. Longing from love, pining, languishing for, loving.
a. Of persons: “neu me cupidum eo (sc. ad uxorem ducendam) impulisset,” Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 6: “maritus,” Cat. 64, 375; Tib. 1, 8, 74; Ov. M. 4, 679: “cupidi nomen amantis habe,” id. H. 3, 26.—
b. Of things: “simul ac cupidae mentis satiata libido est,” Cat. 64, 147; Ov. M. 11, 63; id. Am. 3, 7, 9 al.—
2. Desirous of money, avaricious, covetous, Quint. 11, 1, 88: “multitudo cupidorum hominum,” Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64: “homo castus ac non cupidus,” id. Sest. 43, 93; Vitr. 1, 1, 7; so in sup., Suet. Vesp. 16.—
3. Devoted to a party, favoring any one, partial: “quaestores vehementer (Verris),” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: “cupidi et irati et conjurati testes,” id. Font. 10, 21 (6, 11): “judices (with infesti, invidentes),” Tac. Or. 31; cf. comp.: “judex,” Cic. Caecin. 3, 8; “and auctor,” id. Clu. 24, 66.—Hence, cŭ-pĭdē , adv., eagerly, in a good and bad sense, zealously, passionately, vehemently, ardently, warmly, partially, etc. (freq. and class.), Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 11; Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 1; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 3; id. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; id. Phil. 2, 21, 52; Nep. Arist. 1, 4; Quint. 1, 3, 13; Cat. 63, 2; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 100 et saep.—Comp., Caes. B. G. 1, 15; 5, 15; Liv. 3, 32, 3 al.— Sup., Caes. B. G. 1, 40; id. B. C. 2, 20; Sall. C. 40, 4 al.