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“lust” in Latin
libīdōdesire, fancy, inclination, longing, pleasure, caprice, passion, wantonness; lust, sensualitycupiditāsdesire (deemed good, neutral or bad); lust, passion; cupidity, avarice, greed, covetousnesscupīdōdesire, longing, especially amorous desire, eagerness; lust, passion, greedaviditāsAn eagerness for something, avidity, longing, desire; covetousness, greed, avarice; gluttony, hungerstudiumstudy; eagerness, zeal; desire, fancyappetōto strive for, reach after (something), try to get; to attack, fall or seize upon, assault, assail; to approach, draw niappetītiōThe act of grasping at or reaching after something.; A passionate longing or striving for something, strong desire, impudēsīderiumlonging, desire, wish (especially for something once possessed); grief, regret (desire for something lost); need, necessārdorflame, fire, heat; brightness, brilliancy (of the eyes); ardour, eagerness, ardent desireimpetusan attack, an assault, a charge; a rapid motion; impulse, vehemence, ardor, passion
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
lust s.
libido (sensual inclination; especially in plur., libidines, lusts): cupiditas; cupido (desire in a good sense; then also in a bad sense: ☞ cupido only in poets and historians; not used by Cic.): aviditas (greedy desire): studium (eager desire of obtaining). (The words are found in this connection and order.) studium cupiditasque: appetitus; appetitio; appetentia (instinctive longing for anything): desiderium (longing that feels a void till it is satisfied; often the desire of what one has been deprived of): (cupiditatis) ardor; impetus; sitis; indomita atque effrenata cupiditas; cupiditas insatiabilis. The lusts of the flesh, cupiditates; libidines (as lustful desires): (corporis) voluptates (sensual indulgences): to be the slave of lust, libidinibus se dare, dedere; voluptationibus servire: se tradere; totum se libidinibus or corporis voluptatibus dedere: to bridle one’s lusts, cupiditatibus imperare; cupiditates coercere libidines domitas habere: the lust of gain, lucri or quaestus studium; avaritia: lust of honor, studium laudis; studium cupiditasque honorum.
lust v.
after anything, appetentem, cupidum, avidum, studiosum esse alicujus rei; concupiscere aliquid; appetere aliquid; alicujus rei studio teneri; alicujus rei studio or cupiditate ardere, flagrare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for lust?
- The usual Latin words for “lust” are libīdō, cupiditās, cupīdō; also aviditās, studium, appetō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.