Definition of "utinam" []

• A fervent wish. (noun)

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• "N.N. dat poenas, saith [2351] Crato of such a one, utinam non attraheret: he is punished, and is the cause of it [2352] himself:"
• "Think but of that old proverb, ᾑρώων πήματα, heroum filii noxae, great men's sons seldom do well; O utinam aut coelebs mansissem, aut prole carerem! would that I had either remained single, or not had children, [5789] Augustus exclaims in Suetonius."
• "Amor. vascula plena multae infelicitatis omnem mariotorum opulentiam in haec inpendunt, dracones pro monilibus habent, qui utinam vere dracones essent."