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|lshtext=<b>ăvĭdus</b>: a, um, adj. 1. [[aveo]],<br /><b>I</b> [[longing]] [[eagerly]] for [[something]] ([[either]] [[lawful]] or [[unlawful]]), [[desirous]], [[eager]], [[earnest]], [[greedy]] (diff. from [[avarus]], q. v.).<br /><b>I</b> In gen., constr. [[with]] gen., in [[with]] acc., dat., or absol.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: cibi, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 16: Romani [[semper]] appetentes gloriae [[praeter]] ceteras gentes [[atque]] avidi laudis, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7: [[festinatio]] victoriae avida, id. Phil. 3, 1; so, potentiae, honoris, divitiarum, Sall. J. 15, 4: avidissimus privatae gratiae, id. H. Fr. (Orat. Cottae ad Popul. p. 245 Gerl.): [[turba]] avida novarum rerum, Liv. 1, 8, 6: [[avidus]] poenae (sc. sumendae), id. 8, 30, 13: libidinum, Hor. C. 1, 18, 11: futuri, id. A. P. 172 et saep.: belli gerundi, Sall. J. 35, 3: malefaciundi, id. H. Fr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 343 (p. 251, n. 116 Gerl.): avidior properandi, id. H. Fr. 4, 30 Gerl.: videndi, Ov. M. 10, 56 et saep.— Poet. [[with]] inf. (inst. of gen. of gerund.): avidi committere pugnam, Ov. M. 5, 75: cognoscere amantem, id. ib. 10, 472: [[Chaos]] innumeros avidum confundere mundos, Luc. 6, 696 al.—A. [[more]] [[remote]] gen. [[relation]] is [[found]] in Lucr.: Humanum [[genus]] est avidum [[nimis]] auricularum, in [[respect]] of, Lucr. 4, 594.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With in [[with]] acc.: avida in novas res ingenia, Liv. 22, 21, 2: avidae in direptiones [[manus]], id. 5, 20, 6.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: servorum [[manus]] subitis avidae, Tac. H. 1, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol. and transf. to [[inanimate]] things: ita sunt avidae (aures meae), etc., Cic. Or. 29, 104: avidi [[cursus]] frena retentat equi, Ov. P. 3, 9, 26: avidae libidines, Cic. Sen. 12, 39: [[amor]], Cat. 68, 83: cor, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 58: [[pectus]], id. H. 9, 161: [[amplexus]], id. M. 7, 143.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Eager for [[gain]], [[avaricious]], [[covetous]], [[greedy]] of [[money]], = [[avarus]]: me dices avidum esse hominem, Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 34; id. Aul. prol. 9; 3, 5, 12; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 43: Sed habet patrem quendam avidum, miserum [[atque]] aridum, Ter. Heaut, 3, 2, 15: divitiasque Conduplicant avidi, Lucr. 3, 71: aliquantum ad rem avidior, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 51: grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa proferri perutile est, Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; id. Rosc. Com. 7 fin.: avidae [[manus]] heredis, Hor. C. 4, 7, 19 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Eager for [[food]], [[hungry]], [[greedy]], [[voracious]], [[gluttonous]]: Avidos vicinum [[funus]] et aegros Exanimat, Hor. S. 1, 4, 126: convivae, id. ib. 1, 5, 75: Noli [[avidus]] esse in omni epulatione, * Vulg. Eccli. 37, 32.— Poet.: Efficit ut largis avidum [[mare]] fluminis undis, [[insatiable]], Lucr. 1, 1031: Exitio est avidum [[mare]] nautis, Hor. C. 1, 28, 18: [[morbus]], Lucr. 6, 1236: [[manus]] Mortis, Tib. 1, 3, 4: [[ignis]], Ov. M. 9, 234; 12, 280: flammae, id. ib. 9, 172: [[morsus]], id. ib. 4, 724 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> In Lucr. of [[space]] as swallowing up objects, [[wide]], [[large]], [[vast]]: Inde avidei partem montes silvaeque ferarum Possedere, Lucr. 5, 202: avido complexu quem [[tenet]] [[aether]] id. 2, 1066; so id. 5, 470.—Adv., [[eagerly]], [[greedily]], etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Anteclass. form ăvĭdĭter: invadere pocula, Val. Antias ap. Arn. 5, p. 155; so App.: [[merum]] ventri ingurgitare, Met. 4, p. 145, 27.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Class. form ăvĭdē: ab ludis [[animus]] [[atque]] aures avent [[avide]] exspectantes mentium, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 83 Müll. (Trag. v. 71 Vahl.); Lucr. 4, 1108: adripere Graecas litteras, Cic. Sen. 8, 26: adpetere aliquid, id. ib. 20, 72: exspectare aliquid, id. Att. 12, 40; 16, 10: jam bibit [[avide]], Suet. Tib. 59: [[pransus]], Hor. S. 1, 6, 127 al.— Comp.: avidius se in voluptates mergere, Liv. 23, 18, 11: procurrere, id. 34, 15, 4: avidius vino ciboque corpora onerant, id. 41, 2, 13: vesci, Suet. Calig. 18.—Sup.: avidissime exspectare aliquid, Cic. Phil. 14, 1: credere aliquid, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 4: adprehendere palmam, id. 14, 22, 28, § 147.
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|gf=<b>ăvĭdus</b>,⁸ a, um ([[aveo]]),<br /><b>1</b> qui désire vivement, [[avide]] ; [avec le gén.] : gloriæ avidior Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 2, [[plus]] [[avide]] de gloire ; [[avidus]] belli gerundi Sall. J. 35, 3, impatient de guerroyer ; -issimus Cic. Att. 1, 15, 1 ; Sall. J. 111, 4 || [avec l’inf.] avidi committere pugnam Ov. M. 5, 75, impatients d’engager la bataille, cf. Virg. En. 12, 290 || [avec in abl.] Cic. Phil. 5, 22 ; Val. Max. 7, 2, 6 ; Sen. Nat. 2, 5, 2 || [avec in acc.] avida in novas [[res]] ingenia Liv. 22, 21, 2, esprits avides de nouveauté, cf. 5, 20, 6 ; Tac. H. 2, 56 || [avec ad ] Ter. Eun. 131 ; Liv. 7, 23, 6 || [[manus]] subitis avidæ Tac. H. 1, 7, mains que l’occasion soudaine rendait avides<br /><b>2</b> [en part.] <b> a)</b> âpre au gain, [[avare]], [[cupide]] : [[animus]] [[avidus]] Cic. de Or. 2, 182, cupidité ; avidæ [[manus]] heredis Hor. O. 4, 7, 19, les mains cupides d’un héritier || subst. m., un [[avare]] : Cic. Com. 21 ; <b> b)</b> affamé, gourmand, vorace, glouton : [métaph.] Cic. Top. 25 ; convivæ avidi Hor. S. 1, 5, 75, convives affamés ; aures avidæ Cic. Or. 104, oreilles avides, insatiables ; [poét.] avidum [[mare]] Lucr. 1, 1031, la mer insatiable.
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