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.vaˈrit̪.t̪͡s̪i.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.
singular | |
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nominative | avāritiēs |
genitive | avāritiēī |
dative | avāritiēī |
accusative | avāritiem |
ablative | avāritiē |
vocative | avāritiēs |
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.