aviditas
καὶ ἄλλως δὲ πολυειδῶς συζευγνύουσι τοῖς πράγµασι τὰ µαθήµατα, ὡς καὶ τῶν πραγµάτων ὁµοιοῦσθαι τοῖς µαθήµασι δυναµένων καὶ τῶν µαθηµάτων τοῖς πράγµασι φύσιν ἐχόντων ἀπεικάζεσθαι καὶ ἀµφοτέρων πρὸς ἄλληλα ἀνθοµοιουµένων → they couple mathematical objects to things in several other ways as well, since things can be assimilated to mathematical objects, and mathematical objects can by nature be likened to things, both being in a relation of mutual resemblance
Latin > English
aviditas aviditatis N F :: greed, covetousness; keen desire, lust/passion; appetite (food/drink), gluttony
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ăvĭdĭtas: ātis, f. avidus,
I an eagerness for something (either lawful or unlawful), avidity, longing, vehement desire.
I 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 plur.: bestiolarum aviditates, Plin. 11, 6, 5, § 15: feminarum, id. 20, 21, 84, § 227.—
II Esp.
A 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).—
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ăvĭdĭtās,¹¹ ātis, f. (avidus),
1 avidité, désir ardent : legendi aviditas Cic. Fin. 3, 7, passion de la lecture, avidité de lecture, cf. CM 46 ; gloriæ Cic. Q. 1, 1, 45, soif de gloire
2 [en part.] a) cupidité, convoitise : Cic. Phil. 5, 20 ; Off. 2, 38 ; b) désir de nourriture, appétit : aviditatem incitare Plin. 20, 64 ; excitare Plin. 23, 12 ; facere Plin. 23, 144, exciter l’appétit.
Latin > German (Georges)
aviditās, ātis, f. (avidus), die instinktartige, hastige, ungeduldige Begierde, das ungeduldige, heftige, gierige Verlangen, die Hast, Gier, Sucht I) im allg., m. subj. Genet., av. animi (deiner Wünsche), Curt. 7, 8 (31), 12. – m. obj. Genet., cibi, pecuniae, Cic.: praedae, Liv.: fluminis, das gierige Trinken aus dem Fl., Tac.: sermonis, Cic.: gloriae, Cic.: possidendi, Augustin.: legendi, Cic.: imperandi, Tac.: navandae operae, Tac. – m. ad u. Akk., ad coitus, Plin. 17, 134: ad cibos, Plin. 20, 173. – Plur. aviditates, die Begierden, Gelüste, Lüsternheit, bestiolarum, Plin. 11, 15. – II) insbes.: a) = φιλαργυρία (Gloss.), die Habsucht, Geldgier, inhaeret (amori) aviditas, desidia, iniuria, Plaut.: huius mendicitas aviditati coniuncta in fortunas nostras imminebat, Cic.: m. subj. Genet., ingenii humani, Cic.: hostium, Tac. – b) die Eßbegierde, der Appetit, av. nimia, Cels.: av. ieiuna, Heißhunger, Plin.: aviditatem excitare, incitare, facere, Plin.: aviditatem inhibere, Plin. – c) der Geschlechtstrieb, Plur. aviditates, die Gelüste, Brunst, feminarum, Plin. 20, 227.
