avaritia
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From avārus (“greedy, avaricious, covetous”) + -itia, from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.u̯aːˈri.ti.a/, [äu̯äːˈrɪt̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.vaˈrit.t͡si.a/, [äväˈrit̪ː͡s̪iä]
Noun edit
avāritia f (genitive avāritiae); first declension
- A greedy desire for possessions or gain; avarice, greed, greediness, covetousness, rapacity.
- Eagerness for food, gluttony, voracity.
- Stinginess, niggardliness, miserliness, meanness.
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | avāritia | avāritiae |
Genitive | avāritiae | avāritiārum |
Dative | avāritiae | avāritiīs |
Accusative | avāritiam | avāritiās |
Ablative | avāritiā | avāritiīs |
Vocative | avāritia | avāritiae |
Synonyms edit
- (avarice): avāritiēs
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “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.