English → Latin
“greedily” in Latin
appetentereagerly, greedily, graspinglycupiduseager, desirous, passionate, fond (+ genitive or + in ablative); greedy, covetous; wanton, lecherousavidusgreedy, avaricious, covetous; eager, enthusiastic, desiring, desirous; lustful, passionate; eager, hungry, voracious, glstudiōsuseager, zealous, fond, assiduous; anxious; studiousflagranterardently, vehemently, eagerly, passionatelyvorōto devour; to eat greedily; to swallow up; to destroy, overwhelmdēvorōto swallow, gulp down, or devour; enjoy; to swallow down, repress, suppress, check, bear with patience; to absorb
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
greedily
appetenter: cupide: avide: studiose. [SYN. in GREEDY.] Very greedily, flagrantissime (Tac., Ann., 1, 3, 1): to eat greedily, vorare (i. e., to swallow without chewing); also, devorare (to devour).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for greedily?
- The usual Latin words for “greedily” are appetenter, cupidus, avidus; also studiōsus, flagranter, vorō. 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.