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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- ăvĭdĭtas, ātis, f. [avidus], an eagerness for something (either lawful or unlawful), avidity, longing, vehement desire. I. In gen.:
habeo senectuti magnam gratiam, quae mihi sermonis aviditatem auxit, potionis et cibi sustulit
, Cic. Sen. 14, 46: aviditas legendi
, id. Fin. 3, 2, 7: suscipere verbum cum omni aviditate
, Vulg. Act. 17, 11: gloriae
, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16: pecuniae
, id. Part. Or. 6, 1: rapiendi per occasionem triumphi
, Liv. 31, 48, 2: imperandi
, Tac. H. 1, 52: vini
, Suet. Tib. 42 al.: ad cibos
, Plin. 20, 16, 65, 173.—In plur.: bestiolarum aviditates
, Plin. 11, 6, 5, 15: feminarum
, id. 20, 21, 84, 227.—II. Esp. A. Eagerness for money, covetousness, avarice: Inhaeret etiam aviditas, desidia, injuria, etc.
, Plaut. Merc. prol. 29: (justitia) eas res spernit et neglegit, ad quas plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur
, Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38: utrumque incredibile est, et Roscium quicquam per aviditatem appetīsse et Fannium quicquam per bonitatem amisisse
, id. Rosc. Com. 7, 21 (B. and K., avaritiam).—B. Eagerness in eating, appetite: lactuca in cibis aviditatem incitat inhibetque eadem
, Plin. 20, 7, 26, 64; so, aviditatem excitare
, id. 23, 1, 7, 12: facere
, id. 23, 8, 75, 144; Vulg. Eccli. 37, 33.
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