avarus

Latin > English

avarus avara -um, avarior -or -us, avarissimus -a -um ADJ :: avaricious, greedy; stingy, miserly, mean; covetous, hungry for
avarus avarus avari N M :: miser; stingy/mean/greedy person

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ăvārus: a, um, adj. (
I gen. plur. fem. avarūm, Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 9 dub.; Speng., aurum) [1. aveo, Gell. 10, 5, 13], eagerly desirous of something, esp. of possessions, avaricious, covetous, greedy (opp. largus, Quadrig. ap. Non. p. 510, 20: avarum et avidum ita discernuntur: avarum semper in reprehensione est; avidum autem malis aliquando, aliquando bonis adjungitur, Non. p. 442, 12 sq.; v. II.; syn.: avidus, cupidus, tenax, sordidus).
I Lit.: meretrix, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 5, and Cat. 110, 7; cf.: Carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae, Tib. 3, 1, 7: leno, Ter. Heaut. prol. 39: avarus et furax homo, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 268: semper avarus eget, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 56: quantum discordet parcus avaro, id. ib. 2, 2, 194.—With gen.: publicae pecuniae, Tac. H. 1, 49: caedis, Claud. B. Get. 606 et saep.—Poet. transf. to inanimate things: fuge litus avarum, Verg. A. 3, 44 ( = avarorum, Serv.): Troja, i. e. with reference to the perjured avarice of Laomedon, Ov. M. 11, 208 (cf.: perjura Troja, Verg. A. 5, 811; Ov. M. 11, 215): fraus, Hor. C. 4, 9, 37: spes, id. ib. 4, 11, 25: venter, id. Ep. 1, 15, 32: mare, id. C. 3, 29, 61: Acheron. Verg. G. 2, 492: ignis, Prop. 3, 26, 10 al.—
II Transf., in the poets sometimes without the access. idea of reproach: Graiis praeter laudem nullius avaris, eager only for glory, Hor.A.P.324: agricola, Verg. G. 1, 48.—Comp.: avariores magistratus, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82: ruberes, Viveret in terris te si quis avarior uno, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 157. —Sup.: homo avarissime et spurcissime, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 37.—Adv., covetously, greedily, avariciously, etc.
   a Ante-class. form ăvārĭter, Cato and Quadrig. ap. Non. p. 510, 17: ingurgitare, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 35. —Of gluttony: si quis avidus poscit escam avariter, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 12; cf. avaritia, II.—
   b Class. form ăvārē: avare pretium statui arti meae, Ter. Heaut. prol. 48: aliquid facere, Cic. Off. 3, 8, 37; Nep. Lys. 4, 1: superbe avareque imperitare victis, Liv. 21, 1, 3; cf. Curt. 4, 7.—Comp., more eagerly, more greedily: avarius exigere opus, Col. 1, 7, 1.—Sup.: avarissime horas suas servare, Sen. Ot. Sap. 32.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ăvārus,⁹ a, um (aveo)
1 qui désire vivement, avide : Acheron avarus Virg. G. 2, 492, l’avide Achéron ; laudis avarus Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 179, avide de gloire
2 [en part.] avide de fortune, d’argent, cupide : homo avarissimus Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 41, le plus cupide des êtres ; avarior Cic. Cæl. 13, ayant plus de convoitise ; factum avarum Cic. Inv. 2, 32, acte de cupidité || avare : Pl. Capt. 408 ; Cic. Par. 52 ; Phil. 2, 113 ; CM 65.

Latin > German (Georges)

avārus, a, um, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (Stamm AV, wovon auch aveo u. avidus; vgl. Gell. 10, 5), I) gierig, geizend nach etw., unersättlich (in seinen Begierden), mare, Hor.: Acheron, Verg.: venter, hungrig, Hor. – m. Genet., publicae pecuniae avarus, Tac.: milites caedis avari, Claud.: animus laudis avarus, Hor.: Graii praeter laudem nullius avari, Hor. – m. ab u. Abl. (in bezug auf), ipse enim avarissimus ab istis prodigiis sum, Sen. ep. 50, 2. – II) insbef., gierig nach Geld u. fremdem Gute, habgierig, habsüchtig, geldgierig, geizig (Ggstz. largus, Vopisc. Carin. 14. § 2 u. 3: Ggstz. asotus, Rutil. Lup. 2, 9), a) v. Pers.u. deren Gemüt: parens av., Caecil. com. fr.: leno av., Ter.: fenerator av., Varr. fr.: coniunx avara, Cic.: avarus homo, Lucil. fr.: homo avarus et furax, Cic.: quantum discordet parcus avaro, Hor.; vgl. pro avaro parcum vocemus, Quint.: av. animus, Comic. inc. fr.: nachaug. m. Genet., pecuniae alienae non appetens, suae parcus, publicae avarus, Tac. – avariores magistratus, Cic.: ne tuom animum avariorem faciant divitiae meae, Plaut. – homo avarissime et spurcissime, redde bona sodalis filio, Cic. – subst., avārus, ī, m., der Geizige, der Geizhals, Varr. sat. Men. 126. Hor. ep. 1, 2, 56; 2, 2, 194. Quint. 3, 7, 25; 8, 5, 6: dives avarus, Sen. nat. qu. 1, 16, 1: vigil (wachsame) avarus, Claud. VI. cons. Hon. praef. 8: Plur., avari, Cic. Phil. 2, 115. Quint. 6, 2, 17: u. avarae, habsüchtige Mädchen, Tibull. 3, 1, 7. – b) von Lebl.: manus, Ov.: avarae et insatiabiles manus, Curt.: litus, wo geldgierige Menschen wohnen, Verg.: spes, Hor.: adulationes, Plin. pan.

Latin > Chinese

avarus, a, um. adj. c. s. :: 慳吝者。貪婪 — laudis 貪讚。— caedis 好殺人。 — pecuniae 貪財者。— venter 嗜食 不足。