aviditas

Latin

Etymology

From avidus (“greedy, covetous; eager”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈu̯i.di.taːs/, [äˈu̯ɪd̪ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈvi.di.tas/, [äˈviːd̪it̪äs]

Noun

aviditās f (genitive aviditātis); third declension

1. An eagerness for something, avidity, longing; covetousness, greed, avarice; gluttony, hunger.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aviditās	aviditātēs
Genitive	aviditātis	aviditātum
Dative	aviditātī	aviditātibus
Accusative	aviditātem	aviditātēs
Ablative	aviditāte	aviditātibus
Vocative	aviditās	aviditātēs

Related terms

Related terms

• audeō
• avārē
• avāriter
• avāritia

• avāritiēs
• avārus
• avēns
• aventer

• aveō
• avidē
• aviditer
• avidus

Descendants

• English: avidity
• French: avidité
• Italian: avidità

References

• “aviditas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aviditas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aviditas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.