avarities

Latin

Etymology

From avārus (greedy, avaricious, covetous) +‎ -itiēs, from aveō (wish, desire, long for, crave).

Pronunciation

Noun

avāritiēs f (genitive avāritiēī); fifth declension

  1. A greedy desire for possessions or gain; avarice, greediness, covetousness, rapacity.

Declension

Fifth-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative avāritiēs
genitive avāritiēī
dative avāritiēī
accusative avāritiem
ablative avāritiē
vocative avāritiēs

Synonyms

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.