avarities

== Latin == === Etymology === From avārus (“greedy, avaricious, covetous”) +‎ -itiēs, from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.waːˈrɪ.ti.eːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.vaˈrit.t͡si.es] === Noun === avāritiēs f (genitive avāritiēī); fifth declension A greedy desire for possessions or gain; avarice, greediness, covetousness, rapacity. ==== Declension ==== Fifth-declension noun, singular only. ==== Synonyms ==== (avarice): avāritia ==== Related terms ==== === References === “avarities”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “avarities”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.