avarities

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.u̯aːˈri.ti.eːs/, [äu̯äːˈrɪt̪ieːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈrit.t͡si.es/, [äväˈrit̪ː͡s̪ies]

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

• (avarice): avāritia

Related terms

Related terms

• audeō
• avāre
• avāriter
• avāritia
• avārus
• avēns
• aventer
• aveō
• avidē
• aviditās
• aviditer
• avidus

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.