cupio

Latin

Etymology

From the same Proto-Indo-European root as Lithuanian kupeti (“to boil over”), Old Church Slavonic кꙑпети (kypeti, “to boil”), Sanskrit कुप्यति (kupyati, “become agitated, bubbles up”).

Verb

present active cupiō, present infinitive cupere, perfect active cupīvī, supine cupītum.

1. I desire, long for

Inflection

Third Conjugation IO-variation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cupiō	cupis	cupit	cupimus	cupitis	cupiunt
	future	cupiam	cupiēs	cupiet	cupiēmus	cupiētis	cupient
	imperfect	cupiēbam	cupiēbās	cupiēbat	cupiēbāmus	cupiēbātis	cupiēbant
	perfect	cupīvī	cupīvistī	cupīvit	cupīvimus	cupīvistis	cupīvērunt
	future perfect	cupīverō	cupīveris	cupīverit	cupīverimus	cupīveritis	cupīverint
	pluperfect	cupīveram	cupīverās	cupīverat	cupīverāmus	cupīverātis	cupīverant
passive	present	cupior	cuperis	cupitur	cupimur	cupiminī	cupiuntur
	future	cupiar	cupiēris	cupiētur	cupiēmur	cupiēminī	cupientur
	imperfect	cupiēbar	cupiēbāris	cupiēbātur	cupiēbāmur	cupiēbāminī	cupiēbantur
	perfect	Use cupītus m, cupīta f, cupītum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use cupītus m, cupīta f, cupītum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use cupītus m, cupīta f, cupītum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cupiam	cupiās	cupiat	cupiāmus	cupiātis	cupiant
	imperfect	cuperem	cuperēs	cuperet	cuperēmus	cuperētis	cuperent
	perfect	cupīverim	cupīverīs	cupīverit	cupīverīmus	cupīverītis	cupīverint
	pluperfect	cupīvissem	cupīvissēs	cupīvisset	cupīvissēmus	cupīvissētis	cupīvissent
passive	present	cupiar	cupiāris	cupiātur	cupiāmur	cupiāminī	cupiantur
	imperfect	cuperer	cuperēris	cuperētur	cuperēmur	cuperēminī	cuperentur
	perfect	Use cupītus m, cupīta f, cupītum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use cupītus m, cupīta f, cupītum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	cupe	cupitō	cupitō	cupere	cupitor	cupitor
	plural	cupite	cupitōte	cupiuntō	cupiminī	—	cupiuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cupere	cupīvisse	cupītūrus esse	cupī	cupītus esse	cupītum īrī
participles		cupiēns (cupientis)	—	cupītūrus-ra, -rum	—	cupītus-a, -um	cupiendus-nda, -ndum

Related terms

• cupiditās
• cupīdō
• cupidus
• cupiēns
• cupītor