English → Latin
“cupidity” in Latin
cupiditāsdesire (deemed good, neutral or bad); lust, passion; cupidity, avarice, greed, covetousnesscupīdōdesire, longing, especially amorous desire, eagerness; lust, passion, greedimpetusan attack, an assault, a charge; a rapid motion; impulse, vehemence, ardor, passionsumto be, exist; there be; to goaviditāsAn eagerness for something, avidity, longing, desire; covetousness, greed, avarice; gluttony, hungerlibīdōdesire, fancy, inclination, longing, pleasure, caprice, passion, wantonness; lust, sensualityiniciōto throw, cast, hurl or place in, on, into, upon, over or at; to grasp, seize, take hold of, lay one's hands upon; to se
The English word cupidity itself goes back to Latin cupiō, through cupiditās.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cupidity
cupiditas: cupido: (☞ Cupido, for the most part, only occurs in the poets and historians never in Cic.): cupiditatis ardor, impetus, sitis. aviditas: libido: [SYN. in DESIRE, s.] Insatiable, unrestrained, etc., cupidity, indomita atque effrenata cupiditas: cupiditas insatiabilis: to tempt the cupidity of anybody, alicui cupiditatem dare, or (stronger) injicere; aliquem cupiditatem impellere; aliquem cupiditate incendere, inflammare. For more phrases, Vid. DESIRE, s.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cupidity?
- The usual Latin words for “cupidity” are cupiditās, cupīdō, impetus; also sum, aviditās, libīdō. 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.