avarus

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From the root of aveō (“long for, crave”) with the rare and probably fossilized suffix -ārus (the only other likely example of which is in amārus; compare also -ārius),^[1] perhaps reflecting Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-eh₂-ros.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈu̯aː.rus/, [äˈu̯äːrʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈva.rus/, [äˈväːrus]

Adjective edit

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

covetous, greedy, avaricious
avārus est senex ― the old man is greedy

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	avārus	avāra	avārum	avārī	avārae	avāra
Genitive	avārī	avārae	avārī	avārōrum	avārārum	avārōrum
Dative	avārō	avārae	avārō	avārīs
Accusative	avārum	avāram	avārum	avārōs	avārās	avāra
Ablative	avārō	avārā	avārō	avārīs
Vocative	avāre	avāra	avārum	avārī	avārae	avāra

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

aveō

Descendants edit

Catalan: avar
French: avare
Dalmatian: avaraus
Galician: avaro
Italian: avaro
Occitan: avar
Portuguese: avaro
Romanian: avar
Spanish: avaro

Noun edit

avārus m (genitive avārī); second declension

a greedy man; miser

Declension edit

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 edit

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “aveō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65

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