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|lshtext=<b>ăvĭdĭtas</b>: ātis, f. [[avidus]],<br /><b>I</b> an [[eagerness]] for [[something]] ([[either]] [[lawful]] or [[unlawful]]), [[avidity]], [[longing]], [[vehement]] [[desire]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: [[habeo]] senectuti magnam gratiam, quae mihi sermonis aviditatem auxit, potionis et cibi sustulit, Cic. Sen. 14, 46: [[aviditas]] legendi, id. Fin. 3, 2, 7: suscipere [[verbum]] cum omni aviditate, Vulg. Act. 17, 11: gloriae, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16: pecuniae, id. Part. Or. 6, 1: rapiendi per occasionem triumphi, Liv. 31, 48, 2: imperandi, Tac. H. 1, 52: vini, Suet. Tib. 42 al.: ad cibos, Plin. 20, 16, 65, § 173.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: bestiolarum aviditates, Plin. 11, 6, 5, § 15: feminarum, id. 20, 21, 84, § 227.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Eagerness for [[money]], [[covetousness]], [[avarice]]: Inhaeret [[etiam]] [[aviditas]], [[desidia]], injuria, etc., Plaut. Merc. prol. 29: (justitia) eas res spernit et neglegit, ad quas [[plerique]] inflammati aviditate rapiuntur, Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38: utrumque incredibile est, et Roscium [[quicquam]] per aviditatem appetīsse et Fannium [[quicquam]] per bonitatem amisisse, id. Rosc. Com. 7, 21 (B. and K., avaritiam).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Eagerness in [[eating]], [[appetite]]: [[lactuca]] in cibis aviditatem incitat inhibetque [[eadem]], Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 64; so, aviditatem excitare, id. 23, 1, 7, § 12: facere, id. 23, 8, 75, § 144; Vulg. Eccli. 37, 33.