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ăvārĭtĭa , ae, f. avarus,
I.a greedy desire for possessions, greediness, avarice, covetousness (opp. abstinentia, Suet. Dom. 9; “periphrastically, pecuniae cupiditas,id. Vesp. 16; syn.: aviditas, cupido).
II. Transf., of eagerness for food, gluttony: “Quam siquis avidus poscit escam avariter, Decipitur in transennā avaritia sua,Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 13.—Trop.: avaritia gloriae, eager desire for renown or glory, Curt. 9, 2.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.134
    • Plautus, Rudens, 4.7
    • Suetonius, Domitianus, 9
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.40
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 39
    • Suetonius, Divus Vespasianus, 16
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 4.11
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 9.2
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