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|lshtext=<b>ăvārĭtĭa</b>: ae, f. [[avarus]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[greedy]] [[desire]] for possessions, [[greediness]], [[avarice]], [[covetousness]] (opp. [[abstinentia]], Suet. Dom. 9; periphrastically, pecuniae [[cupiditas]], id. Vesp. 16; syn.: [[aviditas]], [[cupido]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: Est [[autem]] [[avaritia]] [[opinatio]] [[vehemens]] de pecuniā, [[quasi]] [[valde]] expetenda [[sit]], inhaerens et [[penitus]] insita, Cic. Tusc. 4, 11, 26: [[avaritia]] est injuriosa [[appetitio]] alienorum, Auct. ad Her. 4, 25: avaritiam si tollere voltis, [[mater]] ejus est tollenda luxuries, Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 171: [[avaritia]] hians et imminens, a [[gaping]] and [[eager]] [[avarice]], id. Verr. 2, 2, 54: pueris talorum nucumque [[avaritia]] est: viris auri argentique et urbium, Sen. Const. 12: avaritiae (sc. nimiae parsimoniae) singulos increpans, Suet. Calig. 39 et saep.—In plur.: omnes avaritiae, [[every]] [[kind]] of [[selfishness]], Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75. —<br /><b>II</b> 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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|georg=avāritia, ae, f. ([[avarus]]), I) jede unmäßige Begierde, die [[Gier]], v. der Eßgier, Plaut rud. 1239: talorum nucumve et aeris minuti, Sen. de const. sap. 12, 2: temporis, Geizen [[mit]] d. Z., Sen. de brev. vit. 3, 1: gloriae, [[Ruhmgier]], Curt. 9, 2 (7), 9. – II) insbes., die [[Habsucht]], [[Habgier]], Geldgier, der [[Geldgeiz]] (vgl. Cornif. rhet. 4, 35. Cic. Tusc. 4, 26; Ggstz. [[liberalitas]], Cic. Flacc. 89. Plin. ep. 9, 30, 2: Ggstz. [[innocentia]], Caes. b. G. 1, 40, 13: Ggstz. [[luxuria]], Liv. 34, 4, 2. Sen. ep. 94, 13; 108, 12. Tac. hist. 2, 62: Ggstz. [[luxus]], Tac. ann. 4, 14: Ggstz. [[prodigalitas]], Sen. de rem. [[fort]]. 10, 6. vol. 3. p. 452 H.: [[cupiditas]] [[atque]] [[avaritia]], Ggstz. [[abstinentia]], Suet. Dom. 9, 1), [[ardens]], Cic.: [[hians]] et [[imminens]], Cic.: [[insanabilis]], Sall.: [[caecus]] avaritiā, Sall. u. Liv., cupiditate [[atque]] avaritiā, Cic.: avaritiae [[cupido]], Aur. Vict.: [[avaritia]] bellorum [[mater]], Iustin.: [[prima]] scelerum [[mater]] [[avaritia]], Claud.: [[propter]] avaritiam ipsius, Plaut.: [[avaritia]] pecuniae [[studium]] habet, Sall.: [[neque]] avaritiam [[neque]] [[sordes]] obiciet [[vere]] [[quisquam]] [[mihi]], Hor.: [[avaritia]] parsimoniae nomine lenietur, Quint.: ardere avaritiā, Cic.: avaritiam constringere fenebribus legibus, Liv.: avaritiā omnium [[fortunas]] devorare, Cic.: [[omnia]] avaritiae [[atque]] pecuniae causā facere, [[Cato]] fr.: avaritiam exuere, Tac.: alqm increpare avaritiae, Suet.: avaritiā perire, Cic.: avaritiam relaxare (Ggstz. luxuriam astringere), Sen.: avaritiam sanare, Sen. – verb. [[sordes]] et [[avaritia]] od. [[avaritia]] ac [[sordes]], schmutzige (gemeine) [[Habsucht]], Tac. hist. 1, 52 u. 60: extremae avaritiae et sordis infimae [[infamis]] [[homo]], Apul. [[met]]. 1, 21. – Plur., omnes avaritiae, alle Arten der H., Cic. de fin. 4, 75.

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