avarus

== Latin == === Etymology === 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), perhaps reflecting Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-eh₂-ros. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈwaː.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈvaː.rus] === Adjective === 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 ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== avāriter avāritia ==== Related terms ==== aveō ==== Descendants ==== === Noun === avārus m (genitive avārī); second declension a greedy man; miser ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === === Further reading === “avarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “avarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “avarus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.