(adjective) : ăvĭdus, a, um, 1. aveo
* Longing eagerly for something (either lawful or unlawful), desirous, eager, earnest, greedy (diff. from avarus, q. v.).
* In gen., constr. with gen., in with acc., dat., or absol.
* With gen.: cibi,Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 16: Romani semper appetentes gloriae praeter ceteras gentes atque avidi laudis,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7: festinatio victoriae avida,id. Phil. 3, 1; so, potentiae, honoris, divitiarum,Sall. J. 15, 4: avidissimus privatae gratiae, id. H. Fr. (Orat. Cottae ad Popul. p. 245 Gerl.): turba avida novarum rerum,Liv. 1, 8, 6: avidus poenae (sc. sumendae),id. 8, 30, 13: libidinum,Hor. C. 1, 18, 11: futuri,id. A. P. 172 et saep.: belli gerundi,Sall. J. 35, 3: malefaciundi, id. H. Fr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 343 (p. 251, n. 116 Gerl.): avidior properandi,id. H. Fr. 4, 30 Gerl.: videndi,Ov. M. 10, 56 et saep.— Poet. with inf. (inst. of gen. of gerund.): avidi committere pugnam,Ov. M. 5, 75: cognoscere amantem,id. ib. 10, 472: Chaos innumeros avidum confundere mundos,Luc. 6, 696 al.—A. more remote gen. relation is found in Lucr.: Humanum genus est avidum nimis auricularum,in respect of,Lucr. 4, 594.
* Esp
* With dat.: servorum manus subitis avidae,Tac. H. 1, 7.
* Absol. and transf. to inanimate things: ita sunt avidae (aures meae), etc.,Cic. Or. 29, 104: avidi cursus frena retentat equi,Ov. P. 3, 9, 26: avidae libidines,Cic. Sen. 12, 39: amor,Cat. 68, 83: cor,Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 58: pectus,id. H. 9, 161: amplexus,id. M. 7, 143.
* Eager for gain, avaricious, covetous, greedy of money, = avarus: me dices avidum esse hominem,Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 34; id. Aul. prol. 9; 3, 5, 12; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 43: Sed habet patrem quendam avidum, miserum atque aridum,Ter. Heaut, 3, 2, 15: divitiasque Conduplicant avidi,Lucr. 3, 71: aliquantum ad rem avidior,Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 51: grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa proferri perutile est,Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; id. Rosc. Com. 7 fin.: avidae manus heredis,Hor. C. 4, 7, 19 al.
* Eager for food, hungry, greedy, voracious, gluttonous: Avidos vicinum funus et aegros Exanimat,Hor. S. 1, 4, 126: convivae,id. ib. 1, 5, 75: Noli avidus esse in omni epulatione, * Vulg. Eccli. 37, 32.— Poet.: Efficit ut largis avidum mare fluminis undis,insatiable,Lucr. 1, 1031: Exitio est avidum mare nautis,Hor. C. 1, 28, 18: morbus,Lucr. 6, 1236: manus Mortis,Tib. 1, 3, 4: ignis,Ov. M. 9, 234; 12, 280: flammae,id. ib. 9, 172: morsus,id. ib. 4, 724 et saep.
* In Lucr. of space as swallowing up objects, wide, large, vast: Inde avidei partem montes silvaeque ferarum Possedere,Lucr. 5, 202: avido complexu quem tenet aether id. 2, 1066; so id. 5, 470.—Adv., eagerly, greedily, etc.
* Anteclass. form ăvĭdĭter: invadere pocula, Val. Antias ap. Arn. 5, p. 155; so App.: merum ventri ingurgitare, Met. 4, p. 145, 27.
* Class. form ăvĭdē: ab ludis animus atque aures avent avide exspectantes mentium, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 83 Müll. (Trag. v. 71 Vahl.); Lucr. 4, 1108: adripere Graecas litteras,Cic. Sen. 8, 26: adpetere aliquid,id. ib. 20, 72: exspectare aliquid,id. Att. 12, 40; 16, 10: jam bibit avide,Suet. Tib. 59: pransus,Hor. S. 1, 6, 127 al.— Comp.: avidius se in voluptates mergere,Liv. 23, 18, 11: procurrere,id. 34, 15, 4: avidius vino ciboque corpora onerant,id. 41, 2, 13: vesci,Suet. Calig. 18.—Sup.: avidissime exspectare aliquid,Cic. Phil. 14, 1: credere aliquid,Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 4: adprehendere palmam,id. 14, 22, 28, § 147.

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