avaritia

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (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

avāritia f (genitive avāritiae); first declension

1. A greedy desire for possessions or gain; avarice, greed, greediness, covetousness, rapacity.
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

Synonyms

• (avarice): avāritiēs

Related terms

• audeō
• avāre
• avāriter
• avāritiēs

• avārus
• avēns
• aventer
• aveō

• avidē
• aviditās
• aviditer
• avidus

Descendants

• Catalan: avarícia
• Old French: avarice
  • → 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