cupiens Latin · revision 34348

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la cupiō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cupiēns''' (genitive cupientis, comparative cupientior, superlative cupientissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the present participle of [[m|la|cupiō|t=to desire]], used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) De Vaan traces that verb to [[itc-pro|*kup-i-]] and [[ine-pro|*kup-(e)i-|t=to tremble, desire]], and compares [[sa|कुप्यति|tr=kupyati]] and [[lt|kūpė́ti|t=to simmer, boil]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it first in Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it with a genitive of the person or thing desired, as ''nuptiarum'' “of marriage” and ''tui'' “of you”.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means desirous, eager, anxious,^(OLD 2012) usually with a genitive: Ennius has ''cupientes regni'', “eager to reign”,^(Conte 2010)^(Georges 1913) and Tacitus ''liberorum'', ''bonarum artium'' and ''novarum rerum''.^(Georges 1913) Georges notes that it can have the bad sense of lusting after something.^(Georges 1913) Sallust has the superlative in ''cupientissuma plebe consul factus'', “he was made consul with the people most eager for it”.^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it with the genitive of what is desired.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius writes ''cupientes regni''.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses the superlative ''cupientissuma''.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of desire for children and for political change.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|desirous|alt=Desirous]], [[m|en|eager]], [[m|en|anxious]], usually with the genitive.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # Lusting after something.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}