avaritia

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /a.u̯aːˈri.ti.a/, [äu̯äːˈrɪt̪iä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.vaˈrit.t͡si.a/, [äväˈrit̪ː͡s̪iä]
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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

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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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