avidus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”) + -idus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.u̯i.dus/, [ˈäu̯ɪd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.vi.dus/, [ˈäːvid̪us]
Adjective edit
avidus (feminine avida, neuter avidum, comparative avidior, superlative avidissimus, adverb avidē or aviditer); first/second-declension adjective
- greedy, avaricious, covetous
- eager, enthusiastic, desiring, desirous; lustful, passionate
- (for food) eager, hungry, voracious, gluttonous; insatiable
- (of space) vast, wide, large
Usage notes edit
In general, it is used with the following constructions: the genitive, in + accusative, or the dative.
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | avidus | avida | avidum | avidī | avidae | avida | |
Genitive | avidī | avidae | avidī | avidōrum | avidārum | avidōrum | |
Dative | avidō | avidō | avidīs | ||||
Accusative | avidum | avidam | avidum | avidōs | avidās | avida | |
Ablative | avidō | avidā | avidō | avidīs | |||
Vocative | avide | avida | avidum | avidī | avidae | avida |
Synonyms edit
- (desirous, eager): appetēns, cupiēns, cupidus, hiulcus
- (greedy, covetous): appetēns, avārus, cupidus
- (lustful): lascīvus, libīdinōsus, salāx
- (vast): effūsus, immānis, immensus, ingēns, magnus, vastus
- (voracious): edāx, vorāx
Antonyms edit
- (desirous, eager): incūriōsus, neglegēns
- (greedy): beneficus, līberālis, mūnificus
- (vast): parvus, paulus
- (voracious): exsaturātus
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “avidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “avidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- avidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette