dēsīdĕrātĭo

ōnis, f.

desidero

I. a desiring, longing for any thing; a missing (rare): voluptatum, * Cic. de Sen. 14, 47; plur. Vitr. 8 praef. fin.—
II. The question to be examined: relinquetur desideratio, quid, etc., Vitr. 2, 6, 4.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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