English → Latin
“covetous” in Latin
avāruscovetous, greedy, avariciousavidusgreedy, avaricious, covetous; eager, enthusiastic, desiring, desirous; lustful, passionate; eager, hungry, voracious, glcupiduseager, desirous, passionate, fond (+ genitive or + in ablative); greedy, covetous; wanton, lecherousRōsciusLucius Roscius Fabatus, a Roman politician; Lucius Roscius Otho, a Roman tribunecumwith, along with; at (denoting a point in time with which an action coincides); -fold (with ordinal number)sordidusdirty, filthy, nasty; of poor, mean, base quality, low-browpetōto ask, beg, request, look for, inquire, petition, entreat; to make for (somewhere); to seek, aim at, desire
The English word covetous itself goes back to Latin cupiō, through cupiditas.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
covetous
habendi cupidus (general term): aliquantum avidior ad rem: avarus (endeavoring to enrich one’s self at the expense of others): pecuniae cupidus or avidus (with regard to money): from the context also, cupidus only (as Cic., Sext., 43, 93, where we find homo castus ac non cupidus, and Vitr. 1, 1, 7); or avidus (as Cic., De Or., 2, 43, 183; and opposed to liberalis, as Cic., Roscius, Com., 7, extr.): sordidus (vilely covetous): petens (striving after). To be covetous, avaritia ardere *divitias cupide or avide expetere. Vid: also, To COVET.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for covetous?
- The usual Latin words for “covetous” are avārus, avidus, cupidus; also Rōscius, cum, sordidus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.