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(adjective) : ăvārus, a, um, (
* 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).
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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).
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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