avarus

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Latin

Etymology

From aveō (long for, crave).

Pronunciation

Adjective

avārus (feminine avāra, neuter avārum, comparative avārior, superlative avārissimus, adverb avārē or avāriter); first/second-declension adjective

  1. covetous, greedy, avaricious

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

  • Catalan: avar
  • French: avare
  • Dalmatian: avaraus
  • Galician: avaro

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Noun

avārus m (genitive avārī); second declension

  1. 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.