LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

avāritia

avāritia f (genitive avāritiae)
Classical[a.waːˈrɪ.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[a.vaˈrit.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. A greedy desire for possessions or gain; avarice, greed, greediness, covetousness, rapacity.
  2. Eagerness for food, gluttony, voracity.
  3. Stinginess, niggardliness, miserliness, meanness.

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeavāritiaavāritiae
genitiveavāritiaeavāritiārum
dativeavāritiaeavāritiīs
accusativeavāritiamavāritiās
ablativeavāritiāavāritiīs
vocativeavāritiaavāritiae

ăvārĭtĭa, ae, f. avarus,
I. a greedy desire for possessions, greediness, avarice, covetousness (opp. abstinentia, Suet. Dom. 9; periphrastically, pecuniae cupiditas, id. Vesp. 16; syn.: aviditas, cupido).
I. Lit.: Est autem avaritia opinatio vehemens de pecuniā, quasi valde expetenda sit, inhaerens et penitus insita, Cic. Tusc. 4, 11, 26: avaritia est injuriosa appetitio alienorum, Auct. ad Her. 4, 25: avaritiam si tollere voltis, mater ejus est tollenda luxuries, Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 171: avaritia hians et imminens, a gaping and eager avarice, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54: pueris talorum nucumque avaritia est: viris auri argentique et urbium, Sen. Const. 12: avaritiae (sc. nimiae parsimoniae) singulos increpans, Suet. Calig. 39 et saep.—In plur.: omnes avaritiae, every kind of selfishness, Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75. —
II. Transf., of eagerness for food, gluttony: Quam siquis avidus poscit escam avariter, Decipitur in transennā avaritia sua, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 13.—Trop.: avaritia gloriae, eager desire for renown or glory, Curt. 9, 2.

Origins

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

Descendants
  • Catalanavarícia
  • Englishavaricefrom Old French avarice
  • Frenchavaricefrom Old French avarice
  • Italianavarizia
  • Portugueseavareza
  • Portugueseavarícia
  • Romanianavariție
  • Spanishavaricia
  • Polishawarycja

In English words that came into English from avāritia

  • avariceavāritia
  • avariciousavāritia

Quick answers

What does avāritia mean in Latin?
avāritia, a noun, means “A greedy desire for possessions or gain; avarice, greed, greediness, covetousness, rapacity.; Eagerness for food, gluttony, voracity.”.
What is the genitive of avāritia?
The genitive singular is avāritiae. avāritia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce avāritia?
In classical Latin, [a.waːˈrɪ.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.vaˈrit.t͡si.a].