avaritia

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.waːˈri.ti.a/, [a.waːˈrɪ.ti.a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈri.t͡si.a/, [a.vaˈriː.t͡si.a]

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Noun

avāritia f (genitive avāritiae); first declension

1. A greedy desire for possessions or gain; avarice, greediness, covetousness, rapacity.
2. Eagerness for food, gluttony, voracity.
3. Stinginess, niggardliness, miserliness, meanness.

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	avāritia	avāritiae
genitive	avāritiae	avāritiārum
dative	avāritiae	avāritiīs
accusative	avāritiam	avāritiās
ablative	avāritiā	avāritiīs
vocative	avāritia	avāritiae

Synonyms

• (avarice): avāritiēs

Related terms

• audeō
• avāre
• avāriter
• avāritiēs

• avārus
• avēns
• aventer
• aveō

• avidē
• aviditās
• aviditer
• avidus

Descendants

• Catalan: avarícia
• English: avarice
• French: avarice

• Italian: avarizia
• Portuguese: avareza
• Spanish: avaricia

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, 1883–1887)
• avaritia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette