concupisco Latin · revision 30667

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 180–102 BC, Lucilius|origins=ine-pro *kup-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kɔŋ.kʊˈpiːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [koŋ.kuˈpis.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''concupīscō''' (present infinitive concupīscere, perfect active concupīvī or concupiī, supine concupītum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The perfect is ''concupīvī'' or ''concupiī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Late writers also have a deponent ''concupīscor''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the inchoative of ⟨*concupiō⟩, formed with [[m|la|-scō]]: [[m|la|con-]] with [[m|la|cupiō|t=to desire]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|cupiō]] to [[itc-pro|*kup-i-]] and [[ine-pro|*kup-|t=to tremble, desire]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Lucilius.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Concupīscō'' is to conceive a strong desire for something, to long for, covet, used in prose and poetry, and to aspire or strive after a thing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “be desirous of, covet, long for”.^(Stelten 1995) The noun [[concupīscentia]] is derived from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To desire ardently, long for, [[m|en|covet]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To aspire to, strive after.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[concupīscentia]]

+ * [[concupiscentiuus]]

+ * [[concupīscibilis]]

+ * [[concupitor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cupiō]]

+ * [[cupīdō]]

+ * [[cupiditās]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}