concupiscible

American  

[kon-kyoo-pi-suh-buhl, kong-] / kɒnˈkyu pɪ sə bəl, kɒŋ- /

adjective

Archaic.

1. worthy of being desired.

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Etymology

Origin of concupiscible

1490–1500; < Middle French comcupiscible < Late Latin concupīscibil ( is ), equivalent to Latin concupīsc ( ere ) ( see concupiscent) + -ibilis -ible

Example Sentences

Therefore charity is also in the concupiscible and not in the will.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

But honor is a concupiscible good since it is the reward of virtue.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Thus it is evident that every passion of the irascible faculty terminates in a concupiscible passion denoting rest, viz. either in joy or in sadness.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

But hatred is in the concupiscible faculty, as also is love, of which it is the contrary, as is stated in Topic. ii, 7.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

And it is therefore evident that the irascible passions both arise from and terminate in the passions of the concupiscible faculty.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint