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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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 Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
But if it prove difficult to obtain, from this very fact it has a certain contrariety to the concupiscible power: and hence the need of another power tending to that good.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Nor, when once good is obtained, does there remain any other movement, except the appetite's repose in the good obtained; which repose belongs to joy, which is a passion of the concupiscible faculty.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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 Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
But patience seems to be about sorrow, and consequently would seem to be in the concupiscible.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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