avariter

Latin

Etymology

From avārus (“avaricious, covetous, greedy”) +‎ -ter, from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈu̯aː.ri.ter/, [äˈu̯äːrɪt̪ɛr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈva.ri.ter/, [äˈväːrit̪er]

Adverb

avāriter (not comparable)

  1. greedily, avariciously, covetously
  2. stingily

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References
  • “avariter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • avariter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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