aviditas

Latin

Etymology

From avidus (“greedy, covetous; eager”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈu̯i.di.taːs/, [äˈu̯ɪd̪ɪt̪äːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈvi.di.tas/, [äˈviːd̪it̪äs]

Noun

aviditās f (genitive aviditātis); third declension

  1. An eagerness for something, avidity, longing; covetousness, greed, avarice; gluttony, hunger.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aviditās aviditātēs
Genitive aviditātis aviditātum
Dative aviditātī aviditātibus
Accusative aviditātem aviditātēs
Ablative aviditāte aviditātibus
Vocative aviditās aviditātēs
Related terms

Descendants
  • English: avidity
  • French: avidité
  • Italian: avidità

References
  • “aviditas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “aviditas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aviditas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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