avaritia
Latin
Etymology
From avārus (“greedy, avaricious, covetous”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.u̯aːˈri.ti.a/, [äu̯äːˈrɪt̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.vaˈrit.t͡si.a/, [äväˈrit̪ː͡s̪iä]
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Noun
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- A greedy desire for possessions or gain; avarice, greediness, covetousness, rapacity.
- Eagerness for food, gluttony, voracity.
- Stinginess, niggardliness, miserliness, meanness.
Inflection
Synonyms
- (avarice): avāritiēs
Related terms
Descendants
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- avaritia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.