avarus
Latin
Etymology
From aveō (“long for, crave”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈu̯aː.rus/, [äˈu̯äːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈva.rus/, [äˈväːrus]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Adjective
avārus (feminine avāra, neuter avārum, comparative avārior, superlative avārissimus, adverb avārē or avāriter); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | avārus | avāra | avārum | avārī | avārae | avāra | |
Genitive | avārī | avārae | avārī | avārōrum | avārārum | avārōrum | |
Dative | avārō | avārō | avārīs | ||||
Accusative | avārum | avāram | avārum | avārōs | avārās | avāra | |
Ablative | avārō | avārā | avārō | avārīs | |||
Vocative | avāre | avāra | avārum | avārī | avārae | avāra |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Noun
avārus m (genitive avārī); second declension
- a greedy man; miser
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | avārus | avārī |
Genitive | avārī | avārōrum |
Dative | avārō | avārīs |
Accusative | avārum | avārōs |
Ablative | avārō | avārīs |
Vocative | avāre | avārī |
References
- “avarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “avarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- avarus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.