avaritia

== Latin == === Etymology === From avārus (“greedy, avaricious, covetous”) +‎ -itia, from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.waːˈrɪ.ti.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.vaˈrit.t͡si.a] === Noun === avāritia f (genitive avāritiae); first declension A greedy desire for possessions or gain; avarice, greed, greediness, covetousness, rapacity. Synonyms: cupīdō, appetītus, appetītiō, impetus, libīdō, dēsīderium, studium Eagerness for food, gluttony, voracity. Stinginess, niggardliness, miserliness, meanness. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== 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, 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.