Latin

Noun

dēsīderium n ‎(genitive dēsīderiī); second declension

1. longing, desire, wish
2. grief, regret
3. need, necessity
4. (In plural) pleasures, desires

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• dēsīderābilis
• dēsīderātiō
• dēsīderō

Descendants

• Albanian: dëshirë
• French: désir
• Italian: desiderio

References

• desiderium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• desiderium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• DESIDERIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “desiderium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to long for a thing, yearn for it: desiderio alicuius rei teneri, affici (more strongly flagrare, incensum esse)
    
  • to be consumed with longing: desiderio exardescere