avaritia

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Latin

Etymology

From avārus (“greedy, avaricious, covetous”) +‎ -itia, from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).

Pronunciation

Noun

avāritia f (genitive avāritiae); first declension

  1. A greedy desire for possessions or gain; avarice, greed, greediness, covetousness, rapacity.
    Synonyms: cupīdō, appetītus, appetītiō, impetus, libīdō, dēsīderium, studium
  2. Eagerness for food, gluttony, voracity.
  3. Stinginess, niggardliness, miserliness, meanness.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative avāritia avāritiae
Genitive avāritiae avāritiārum
Dative avāritiae avāritiīs
Accusative avāritiam avāritiās
Ablative avāritiā avāritiīs
Vocative avāritia avāritiae

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References

  • “avaritia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “avaritia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • avaritia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • avaritia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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