English → Latin
“covetously” in Latin
avidusgreedy, avaricious, covetous; eager, enthusiastic, desiring, desirous; lustful, passionate; eager, hungry, voracious, glavāruscovetous, greedy, avariciousstudiōsuseager, zealous, fond, assiduous; anxious; studioussordidusdirty, filthy, nasty; of poor, mean, base quality, low-browcupiduseager, desirous, passionate, fond (+ genitive or + in ablative); greedy, covetous; wanton, lecherousappetentereagerly, greedily, graspingly
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
covetously
avide; avare; studiose; sordide; cupide; appetenter. SYN. in COVETOUS.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for covetously?
- The usual Latin words for “covetously” are avidus, avārus, studiōsus; also sordidus, cupidus, appetenter. 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.