codicia

== Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koˈdiθja/ [koˈð̞i.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /koˈdisja/ [koˈð̞i.sja] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -iθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -isja (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: co‧di‧cia === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Spanish cobdicia, borrowed from Late Latin cupiditia, from cupiditās (“desire”), with a change in suffix. Compare Asturian cobicia and Portuguese cobiça. ==== Alternative forms ==== cudicia (archaic) ==== Noun ==== codicia f (plural codicias) greed, avarice Synonym: avaricia (archaic) lust Synonym: lujuria ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== codicia inflection of codiciar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === References === Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “codicia”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 117 === Further reading === “codicia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025