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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 <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: 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.