avarities

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

avāritiēs f (genitive avāritiēī); fifth declension

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

Declension

Fifth-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative avāritiēs
Genitive avāritiēī
Dative avāritiēī
Accusative avāritiem
Ablative avāritiē
Vocative avāritiēs

Synonyms

References

  • avarities”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • avarities in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.