See velleitas on Wiktionary
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"translation": "Although the will is for what is possible and what is impossible, as it says in the Ethics 3, the ordered and complete will is only for that to which one has in some way been ordered. If they fall short in such a will, human beings experience pain, but not if they fall short of the will for what is impossible, which should really be called a “velleity” rather than a will. For one is not willing the thing simply, but would will it if it were possible."
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"translation": "However voluntas (will) is more often used with an indicative function, and some have called an imperfect will a “velleity”, while the perfect will itself is called after the verb form “volo” (“I want”), not from the verb form “vellem” (“I would want”)."
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