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),[1] 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.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | avārus | avāra | avārum | avārī | avārae | avāra | |
| genitive | avārī | avārae | avārī | avārōrum | avārārum | avārōrum | |
| dative | avārō | avārae | avārō | avārīs | |||
| accusative | avārum | avāram | avārum | avārōs | avārās | avāra | |
| ablative | avārō | avārā | avārō | avārīs | |||
| vocative | avāre | avāra | avārum | avārī | avārae | avāra | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Noun
avārus m (genitive avārī); second declension
- a greedy man; miser
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | avārus | avārī |
| genitive | avārī | avārōrum |
| dative | avārō | avārīs |
| accusative | avārum | avārōs |
| ablative | avārō | avārīs |
| vocative | avāre | avārī |
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “aveō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65
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.