avidus

== Latin == === Etymology === From aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”) +‎ -idus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.wɪ.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.vi.dus] === Adjective === 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 ==== In general, it is used with the following constructions: the genitive, in + accusative, or the dative. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== (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 ==== (antonym(s) of “desirous, eager”): incūriōsus, neglegēns (antonym(s) of “greedy”): beneficus, līberālis, mūnificus (antonym(s) of “vast”): parvus, paulus (antonym(s) of “voracious”): exsaturātus ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “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.