cupio
- (conjugation-3, iō-variant) to desire, long for
- (conjugation-3, iō-variant) to please, favor, be well disposed towards (someone, something)
Opposite of
āversor, abhorreō
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈkʊ.pi.oː]
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kupiō, from a Proto-Indo-European root akin to *kwep- (“to smoke, boil, move violently”); see also Lithuanian kūpėti (“to boil over”), Old Church Slavonic кꙑпѣти (kypěti, “to boil”), Sanskrit कुप्यति (kúpyati, “become agitated, bubbles up”), English hope.
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