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Latin
Etymology
From aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”) + -idus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
avidus (feminine avida, neuter avidum, comparative avidior, superlative avidissimus, adverb avidē or aviditer); first/second-declension adjective
- greedy, avaricious, covetous
8 CE – 12 CE,
Ovid,
Sorrows 1.2.75-76:
- nōn ego dīvitiās avidus sine fīne parandī
lātum mūtandīs mercibus aequor arō- Nor I, greedy of procuring wealth without end,
plow the wide sea to trade wares.
- eager, enthusiastic, desiring, desirous; lustful, passionate
- (for food) eager, hungry, voracious, gluttonous; insatiable
- (of space) vast, wide, large
Usage notes
In general, it is used with the following constructions: the genitive, in + accusative, or the dative.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Synonyms
- (desirous, eager): appetēns, cupiēns, cupidus, hiulcus
- (greedy, covetous): appetēns, avārus, cupidus
- (lustful): lascīvus, libīdinōsus, salāx
- (vast): effūsus, immānis, immensus, ingēns, magnus, vastus
- (voracious): edāx, vorāx
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References
- “avidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “avidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- avidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.