cupio dissolvi

Italian

Etymology

Originating from Latin cupiō dissolvī et esse cum Christō (“I wish to be dissolved and be with Christ”), an expression found as a quotation in Tertullian's De patientia (2^nd century CE), as an early translation of Ancient Greek τὴν ἐπιθῡμίᾱν ἔχων εἰς τὸ ἀναλῦσαι καὶ σὺν Χριστῷ εἶναι (tḕn epithūmíān ékhōn eis tò analûsai kaì sùn Khristôi eînai, “having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ”), a passage of Paul's epistle to Philippians (1:23-4).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.pjo disˈsɔl.vi/
• Hyphenation: cù‧pio‧dis‧sòl‧vi

Noun

cupio dissolvi m (uncountable) (uncommon)

1. a desire to extinguish one's self
2. an unwillingness to exist
3. self-destructiveness

Further reading

• Cupio dissolvi on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• cupio dissolvi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• cupio dissolvi in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa