concupiscible
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of concupiscible
1490–1500; < Middle French comcupiscible < Late Latin concupīscibil ( is ), equivalent to Latin concupīsc ( ere ) ( see concupiscent) + -ibilis -ible
Example Sentences
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Hence fortitude is properly in the irascible, while patience is in the concupiscible faculty.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Aquinas Thomas
In the continent man it is moved by the reason, in the incontinent man it is moved by the concupiscible.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Aquinas Thomas
Objection 1: It would seem that the subject of continence is the concupiscible power.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Aquinas Thomas
On the contrary, Fortitude is assigned to the irascible power, and temperance to the concupiscible power.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Aquinas Thomas
Therefore continence is not in the concupiscible power.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Aquinas Thomas
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