percupio
percupio, to desire earnestly
per-cŭpĭo, pĕre, v. a.,
- to wish greatly, desire earnestly, to long (ante-class.): percupio obsequi gnato meo, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 61 (76); Ter. Eun. 896.
per-cupio, ere, sehr wünschen, sehr gern wollen, et id ego percupio obsequi gnato meo, Plaut. asin. 76: Th. Vin interea, dum venit, domi opperiamur potius quam hic ante ostium? Ch. Immo percupio (verst. domi opperiri), Ter. eun. 894 sqq.: quas (bonas artes) qui sinceriter percupiunt appetuntque, hi sunt vel maxime humanissimi, Gell. 13, 17 (16), 1: quamquam ego percupiam omnino te nosse, Augustin. epist. 28, 1.
percŭpĭō, (16) ĕre, tr., désirer ardemment : Pl. As. 75 ; Ter. Eun. 896.
per-cupiō —, —, ere,
- to desire earnestly: Immo percupio, it suits me exactly, T.