cupio

cŭpĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3 ( imperf. subj. cŭpīret, Lucr. 1, 72; quoted ap. Non. p. 506 fin., and ap. Prisc. p. 879 P.), v. a. [Sanscr kup, to be in active motion, to be angry; cf. recupero], to long for a thing, to desire, wish (designating a natural, involuntary inclination, or an unbridled or passionate desire, while volo indicates an energetic will, and opto a deliberate wish or choice, Cic. Mil. 12, 32; Sen. Ep. 116, 2; cf. Klotz in Jahn's Neues Jahrb. 1834, II. p. 119 sq.; freq. in every per. and species of composition); constr. with acc., inf., acc. and inf., acc. and part., ut, ne, the gen., or absol.

I.

In gen.

A.

Lit., of persons.

(α).

With acc.:

quid istuc tam cupide cupis?

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 49:

nec bonum illud esse, quod cupias ardenter,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39:

nuptias,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 12:

cupere eadem, eadem odisse,

Sall. J. 31, 14:

domum alius, alius agros,

id. C. 11. 4:

novas res,

id. J. 70, 1:

quanto plura parasti, Tanto plura cupis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 148:

(magistratus, imperia, etc.) minime mihi hac tempestate cupienda videntur,

Sall. J. 3, 1; cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 66 et saep.—In part. perf.: corde cupitus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 41:

cupitus atque exspectatus,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 104:

Mars videt hanc visamque cupit potiturque cupitā,

Ov. F. 3, 21:

cupitus aetatis flos,

Lucr. 3, 770;

5, 847: cujus rei semper cupitae,

Liv. 26, 7, 3; Tac. A. 4, 3 et saep.:

tandem huic cupitum contigit,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 116; so in neutr., Liv. 3, 37, 7; Tac. A. 6, 32; 14, 2 al.—

(β).

With inf. (so most freq.):

emori cupio,

Ter. Heant. 5, 2, 18:

vitam mutare,

Lucr. 5, 170; 1, 71:

te celare de phaleris,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 29:

audire cupio,

id. Caecin. 12, 33:

diem consumere,

id. Att. 4, 2, 4:

operam navare,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25 fin.:

proelium facere,

Sall. J. 57, 4 et saep.:

cum nostri quid sine imperatore efficere possent perspici cuperent,

Caes. B. G. 3, 21.—

(γ).

With acc. and inf.:

te tuā frui virtute cupimus,

Cic. Brut. 97, 331; id. Fam. 1, 2, 2: cupio me esse clementem;

cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf.

Haase ad Reisig, Lect. p. 790: (Pausanias) se tecum affinitate conjungi cupit,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3.—

* (δ).

With acc. and part.: Cu. Quis nominat me? Ph. Qui te conventum cupit. Cu. Hau me magis cupis, quam te ego cupio, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 25.—

(ε).

With ut:

cupio ut impetret,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 34:

quin etiam necesse erit cupere et optare, ut peccet, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 16, 59:

responsum est mihi cupere quidem universos ut a me rationes coloniae legerentur,

Plin. Ep. 10, 47 (56), 1. —

(ζ).

With ne:

cupio, ne... habeant,

Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 6; cf. Ov. H. 6, 6.—

(η).

With subj. alone:

cupio te quoque sub idem tempus Campania tua remittat,

Plin. Ep. 5, 14 (15), 9.—

(θ).

Absol.:

ubi nolis, cupiunt ultro,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 43:

qui cupit aut metuit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 51;

so with metuo,

id. ib. 1, 6, 12; 1, 16, 65; cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 185; 1, 1, 2:

cohortatus suos, omnibus cupientibus ad hostium castra contendit,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24; cf. id. ib. 3, 19 et saep.—

(κ).

With gen.:

pol quamquam domi cupio, opperiar,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 23 Brix ad loc.; cf. P. a. a infra. —With gen. pers.:

quae (puellae) cupiunt tui,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 17; cf.:

jam dudum vestri cupiunt Lucrina tacita,

Symm. Ep. 1, 8 init. —

B.

Transf., of things:

asperiora vina rigari utique cupiunt,

Plin. 17, 26, 41, § 250.—

II.

Pregn., to be well disposed, be favorable or inclined to one, to favor, to wish well, to be interested for, etc.:

favere et cupere Helvetiis propter eam affinitatem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18; cf.:

quid ego Fundanio non cupio?

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 10:

ipsi Glycerio,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 2: cui maxime, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 4:

cujus causā omnia cum cupio, tum mehercule etiam debeo,

Cic. Fam. 13, 75, 1; cf.:

causam mihi tradidit, quem suā causā cupere ac debere intellegebat,

id. Rosc. Am. 51, 149:

vehementer ejus causā,

id. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

qui istius causā cupiunt omnia, qui ab eo benignissime tractati sunt, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 180; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21 Halm ad loc.—Hence the phrase cupio omnia quaevis, your wishes are mine; cf. the Engl., I am entirely at your service, Hor. S. 1, 9, 5.—Hence, cŭpĭens, entis, P. a., desiring, desirous, longing, eager for something (mostly ante- class. and post-Aug.; most freq. in Plaut. and Tac.).

(α).

With gen.:

corporis,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 7:

nuptiarum,

id. ib. 4, 4, 29:

tui (tua amica),

id. ib. 4, 2, 58:

liberorum,

Tac. A. 16, 6:

novarum rerum,

id. ib. 15, 46:

bonarum artium,

id. ib. 6, 46:

voluptatum,

id. ib. 14, 14:

erogandae pecuniae,

id. ib. 1, 75.— Comp., Aur. Vict. Caes. 24.— Sup.: cupientissimus legis, Sall. Fragm. ap. Diom. p. 291 P.—

(β).

Absol.:

ut quibusque bellum invitis aut cupientibus erat,

Tac. A. 1, 59.— Sup.:

Marius cupientissimā plebe consul factus,

Sall. J. 84, 1.— Adv.: cŭpĭenter, desirously, earnestly, eagerly, = cupide (only ante-class.): cupienter cupere, Enn. ap. Non. p. 91, 8 (Trag. Rel. v. 337 Vahl.):

discerpere membra,

Att. ib. p. 91, 6 (Trag. Rel. v. 543 Rib.):

petere,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 17.