avaritia
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From avārus (“greedy, avaricious, covetous”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.waːˈri.ti.a/, [a.waːˈɾɪ.t̪i.a]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.vaˈri.t͡si.a/, [a.vaˈriː.t͡si.a]
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Noun[edit]
avāritia f (genitive avāritiae); first declension
- A greedy desire for possessions or gain; avarice, greed, greediness, covetousness, rapacity.
- Eagerness for food, gluttony, voracity.
- Stinginess, niggardliness, miserliness, meanness.
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | avāritia | avāritiae |
Genitive | avāritiae | avāritiārum |
Dative | avāritiae | avāritiīs |
Accusative | avāritiam | avāritiās |
Ablative | avāritiā | avāritiīs |
Vocative | avāritia | avāritiae |
Synonyms[edit]
- (avarice): avāritiēs
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References[edit]
- 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, 1883–1887)
- avaritia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette