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  • 1 avārus

        avārus adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 AV-], eagerly desirous, grasping: mare, H.: venter, ravenous, H.: laudis, H.: pecuniae, Ta.: avarae Spes, too ambitious, H.: praeter laudem nullius, eager only for glory, H.: Agricola, zealous, V.—Avaricious, covetous, penurious: meretrix, T.: homo minime: quantum discordet parcus avaro, H.: in rapacitate avidior?: homo avarissime: litus, V.: Troia, O.— As subst, a miser, covetous men: Semper avarus eget, H.
    * * *
    I
    avara -um, avarior -or -us, avarissimus -a -um ADJ
    avaricious, greedy; stingy, miserly, mean; covetous, hungry for
    II
    miser; stingy/mean/greedy person

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  • 2 cupidus

        cupidus adj. with comp. and sup.    [CVP-], longing, desiring, desirous, eager, zealous, wishing, loving, fond: eius videndi, T.: bellandi, Cs.: te audiendi: tui, devoted to: contentionis cupidiores quam veritatis: cupidissimus litterarum, N.: cupidissimis omnibus, eager for battle, Cs.: moriri, O.: tuas componere laudes, Tb.: in perspiciendā rerum naturā. — Excessively desirous, passionate, eager, greedy, lustful, covetous: animum cupidum inopiā incendere, T.: cupidos moderatis anteferre: emit homo: pecuniae: rerum novarum, Cs.: animi rixae, H.—Amorous, loving, longing: amantes, O.—Poet.: Eurydicem cupidis amplectitur ulnis, O. — Avaricious, covetous: homo. — Prejudiced, partisan, partial: quaestores vehementer (Verris): multi cupidi tui sunt, partisans: cupidior iudex.
    * * *
    cupida -um, cupidior -or -us, cupidissimus -a -um ADJ
    eager/passionate; longing for/desirous of (with gen.); greedy; wanton/lecherous

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  • 3 abstinēns

        abstinēns tis, adj.    [P. of abstineo], abstinent, temperate, moderate: esse abstinentem, continere cupiditates: oculos abstinentes habere: animus abstinens pecuniae, H. — Esp., chaste, continent. Hippolytem dum fugit (Peleus) abstinens, H.
    * * *
    abstinentis (gen.), abstinentior -or -us, abstinentissimus -a -um ADJ
    abstinent, temperate; showing restraint, self restrained; not covetous; chaste

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  • 4 avidus

        avidus adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 AV-], longing eagerly, desirous, eager, greedy: libidines: porca: amplexus, O.: cursūs, V.: cibi, T.: laudis: potentiae, S.: novarum rerum, L.: ad pugnam, L.: futuri, H.: avidi, wine-bibbers, H.: avidior gloriae: avidissima caedis, O.: avidi committere pugnam, O.: in pecuniis: in direptiones manus, L.: Volcanus, fiery, H.: legiones, eager for battle, Ta. —Esp., greedy of gain, avaricious, covetous: pater, T.: animus: manūs heredis, H.: ad rem avidior, T.: gens avidissima, Cu. — Voracious, ravenous, gluttonous: avidos funus Exanimat, H.: canes, O.: convivae, H.: mare, insatiable, H.: ignis, O.
    * * *
    avida -um, avidior -or -us, avidissimus -a -um ADJ
    greedy, eager, ardent, desirous of; avaricious, insatiable; lustful, passionate

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  • 5 adpetens

    adpentis (gen.), adpentior -or -us, adpentissimus -a -um ADJ
    eager/greedy for (w/GEN), desirous of; avaricious, greedy, covetous

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  • 6 adpeto

    I II
    adpetere, adpetivi, adpetitus V TRANS
    seek/grasp after, desire; assail; strive eagerly/long for; approach, near

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  • 7 appetens

    appetentis (gen.), appetentior -or -us, appetentissimus -a -um ADJ
    eager/greedy for (w/GEN), desirous of; avaricious, greedy, covetous

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  • 8 appeto

    I II
    appetere, appetivi, appetitus V TRANS
    seek/grasp after, desire; assail; strive eagerly/long for; approach, near

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  • 9 apstinens

    apstinentis (gen.), apstinentior -or -us, apstinentissimus -a -um ADJ
    abstinent, temperate; showing restraint, self restrained; not covetous; chaste

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  • 10 avens

    aventis (gen.), aventior -or -us, aventissimus -a -um ADJ
    willing, cheerful, glad, with pleasure; eager, anxious; covetous

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  • 11 havens

    (gen.), haventis ADJ
    willing, eager, anxious; covetous

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  • 12 turpilucricupidus

    turpilucricupida, turpilucricupidum ADJ
    basely greedy/covetous of dishonest gain

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  • 13 turpilucris

    turpilucris, turpilucre ADJ
    making dishonest gain/profit; basely greedy/covetous of gain (Souter)

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  • 14 turpilucrus

    turpilucra, turpilucrum ADJ
    making dishonest gain/profit; basely covetous of gain (Souter)

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  • 15 adstringo

    a-stringo ( ads-, Ritschl, Baiter, Halm, Jahn, Keil; as-, Fleck., Merk., Kayser), inxi, ictum, 3, v. a., to draw close, to draw, bind, or tie together, to bind, to tighten, contract (syn.: constringo, stringo, alligo, obligo, vincio).
    I.
    Lit.:

    (hunc) adstringite ad columnam fortiter,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 25:

    ad statuam astrictus est,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42:

    manus,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 9:

    vinculorum, id est aptissimum... quod ex se atque de iis, quae adstringit quam maxume, unum efficit,

    Cic. Tim. 4 fin.:

    astringit vincula motu,

    Ov. M. 11, 75:

    laqueos,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 16:

    artius atque hederā procera adstringitur ilex,

    is twined around with ivy, Hor. Epod. 15, 5:

    adstringi funibus,

    Vulg. Ezech. 27, 24:

    aliquem adstringere loris,

    ib. Act. 22, 25:

    pavidum in jus Cervice adstrictā dominum trahat,

    with a halter round his neck, Juv. 10, 88 (Jahn, obstrictā): aspice... Quam non adstricto percurrat pulpita socco, not drawn close, loose; poet. for a negligent style of writing, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 174:

    Ipse rotam adstringit multo sufflamine consul,

    checks, Juv. 8, 148:

    balteus haud fluxos gemmis adstrinxit amictus,

    Luc. 2, 362:

    frontem,

    to contract, knit, Mart. 11, 40; Sen. Ep. 106:

    labra porriguntur et scinduntur et adstringuntur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 81:

    frondem ferro,

    to cut off, clip, Col. 5, 6, 17 al.; so, alvum, to make costive (opp. solvere, q. v.), Cels. 1, 3; 2, 30.—Of the contraction produced by cold:

    nivibus quoque molle rotatis astringi corpus,

    Ov. M. 9, 222; so id. Tr. 3, 4, 48; id. P. 3, 3, 26:

    ventis glacies astricta pependit,

    id. M. 1, 120:

    Sic stat iners Scythicas adstringens Bosporus undas,

    Luc. 5, 436:

    vis frigoris (corpora) ita adstringebat,

    Curt. 7, 3, 13; 8, 4, 6.—Hence, also, to make colder, to cool, refresh:

    ex quo (puteo) possis rursus adstringere,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 25: corpus astringes brevi Salone, Mart. 1, 49, 11 (acc. to Varr. in a pass. sense in the perf., adstrinxi for adstrictus sum, Varr. L. L. Fragm. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 7).—Of colors, to deaden:

    ita permixtis viribus alterum altero excitatur aut adstringitur,

    Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 134 (diff. from alligare, which precedes;

    v. alligo, I. B.).—Also of an astringent, harsh taste: radix gustu adstringit,

    Plin. 27, 10, 60, § 85.—
    II.
    Trop., to draw together, draw closer, circumscribe; to bind, put under obligation, oblige, necessitate:

    ubi adfinitatem inter nos nostram adstrinxeris,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 73: vellem, suscepisses juvenem regendum;

    pater enim nimis indulgens, quicquid ego adstrinxi, relaxat,

    Cic. Att. 10, 6; so,

    mores disciplinae severitate,

    Quint. 2, 2, 4 Spald.:

    ad adstringendam fidem,

    Cic. Off. 3, 31, 111:

    hac lege tibi meam astringo fidem,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22:

    quo (jure jurando) se cuncti astrinxerant,

    Suet. Caes. 84:

    hujus tanti officii servitutem astringebam testimonio sempiterno,

    to confirm, secure, Cic. Planc. 30 fin. Wund.:

    religione devinctum astrictumque,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 42:

    disciplina astricta legibus,

    id. Brut. 10, 40; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3:

    lege et quaestione,

    id. Clu. 155:

    suis condicionibus,

    id. Quinct. 5:

    auditor nullā ejus modi adstrictus necessitate,

    id. N. D. 1, 7, 17:

    orationem numeris astringere,

    id. de Or. 3, 44, 173 et saep.:

    adstringi sacris,

    to be bound to maintain, id. Leg. 2, 19:

    inops regio, quae parsimoniā astringeret milites,

    Liv. 39, 1:

    ad temperantiam,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 1:

    ad servitutem juris,

    Quint. 2, 16, 9:

    illa servitus ad certa se verba adstringendi,

    id. 7, 3, 16:

    milites ad certam stipendiorum formulam,

    Suet. Aug. 49; id. Tib. 18:

    me astringam verbis in sacra jura tuis,

    Ov. H. 16, 320; 20, 28:

    magno scelere se astringeret,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 9; id. Sest. 50 fin.; so id. Sull. 29, 82; perh. also id. Pis. 39 fin.; instead of this abl. of class. Latin, we sometimes find in comedy apparently the gen.:

    et ipsum sese et illum furti adstringeret,

    made guilty of, charged himself with, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 34:

    Homo furti sese adstringet,

    id. Poen. 3, 4, 27 (cf.:

    Audin tu? hic furti se adligat,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 39; Draeger, Hist. Synt. I. § 209, regards this as a vulgar extension of the use of the gen. with verbs of accusing, convicting, etc., but Klotz, s. v. astringo, regards it as really an old dative, furtoi furti; cf. quoi cui).—Of reasoning or discourse, to compress, abridge, bring into short compass:

    Stoici breviter adstringere solent argumenta,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 13 (cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 22: Haec sic dicuntur a Stoicis, concludunturque contortius); id. Fat. 14, 32:

    premere tumentia, luxuriantia adstringere,

    Quint. 10, 4, 1 Frotsch., Halm.—Hence, astrictus ( ads-), a, um, P. a., drawn together, tight, narrow, close.
    A.
    Lit.:

    limen astrictum,

    shut, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 50:

    alvus fusior aut astrictior,

    Cels. 1, 3:

    corpus astrictum, i. e. alvus dura,

    id. 3, 6:

    genus morbi astrictum,

    costiveness, id. 1 praef.:

    gustu adstricto,

    of a harsh, astringent taste, Plin. 27, 12, 96, § 121.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Sparing, parsimonious, covetous (not before the Aug. per.):

    astrictus pater,

    Prop. 3, 17, 18:

    adstricti moris auctor,

    Tac. A. 3, 55:

    parsimonia,

    Just. 44, 2.—
    2.
    Of discourse, compact, brief, concise, short (opp. remissus):

    dialectica quasi contracta et astricta eloquentia putanda est,

    Cic. Brut. 90, 309:

    verborum astricta comprehensio,

    id. ib. 95, 327:

    est enim finitimus oratori poëta, numeris astrictior paulo,

    id. de Or. 1, 16, 70; 1, 16, 60.— Sup. not used.— Adv.: astrictē ( ads-), concisely, briefly (only of discourse):

    astricte numerosa oratio,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 184.— Comp.:

    astrictius dicere,

    Sen. Ep. 8 fin., and Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 20:

    scribere,

    id. ib. 3, 18, 10:

    ille concludit adstrictius, hic latius,

    Quint. 10, 1, 106.— Sup. not used.

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  • 16 astringo

    a-stringo ( ads-, Ritschl, Baiter, Halm, Jahn, Keil; as-, Fleck., Merk., Kayser), inxi, ictum, 3, v. a., to draw close, to draw, bind, or tie together, to bind, to tighten, contract (syn.: constringo, stringo, alligo, obligo, vincio).
    I.
    Lit.:

    (hunc) adstringite ad columnam fortiter,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 25:

    ad statuam astrictus est,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42:

    manus,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 9:

    vinculorum, id est aptissimum... quod ex se atque de iis, quae adstringit quam maxume, unum efficit,

    Cic. Tim. 4 fin.:

    astringit vincula motu,

    Ov. M. 11, 75:

    laqueos,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 16:

    artius atque hederā procera adstringitur ilex,

    is twined around with ivy, Hor. Epod. 15, 5:

    adstringi funibus,

    Vulg. Ezech. 27, 24:

    aliquem adstringere loris,

    ib. Act. 22, 25:

    pavidum in jus Cervice adstrictā dominum trahat,

    with a halter round his neck, Juv. 10, 88 (Jahn, obstrictā): aspice... Quam non adstricto percurrat pulpita socco, not drawn close, loose; poet. for a negligent style of writing, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 174:

    Ipse rotam adstringit multo sufflamine consul,

    checks, Juv. 8, 148:

    balteus haud fluxos gemmis adstrinxit amictus,

    Luc. 2, 362:

    frontem,

    to contract, knit, Mart. 11, 40; Sen. Ep. 106:

    labra porriguntur et scinduntur et adstringuntur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 81:

    frondem ferro,

    to cut off, clip, Col. 5, 6, 17 al.; so, alvum, to make costive (opp. solvere, q. v.), Cels. 1, 3; 2, 30.—Of the contraction produced by cold:

    nivibus quoque molle rotatis astringi corpus,

    Ov. M. 9, 222; so id. Tr. 3, 4, 48; id. P. 3, 3, 26:

    ventis glacies astricta pependit,

    id. M. 1, 120:

    Sic stat iners Scythicas adstringens Bosporus undas,

    Luc. 5, 436:

    vis frigoris (corpora) ita adstringebat,

    Curt. 7, 3, 13; 8, 4, 6.—Hence, also, to make colder, to cool, refresh:

    ex quo (puteo) possis rursus adstringere,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 25: corpus astringes brevi Salone, Mart. 1, 49, 11 (acc. to Varr. in a pass. sense in the perf., adstrinxi for adstrictus sum, Varr. L. L. Fragm. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 7).—Of colors, to deaden:

    ita permixtis viribus alterum altero excitatur aut adstringitur,

    Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 134 (diff. from alligare, which precedes;

    v. alligo, I. B.).—Also of an astringent, harsh taste: radix gustu adstringit,

    Plin. 27, 10, 60, § 85.—
    II.
    Trop., to draw together, draw closer, circumscribe; to bind, put under obligation, oblige, necessitate:

    ubi adfinitatem inter nos nostram adstrinxeris,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 73: vellem, suscepisses juvenem regendum;

    pater enim nimis indulgens, quicquid ego adstrinxi, relaxat,

    Cic. Att. 10, 6; so,

    mores disciplinae severitate,

    Quint. 2, 2, 4 Spald.:

    ad adstringendam fidem,

    Cic. Off. 3, 31, 111:

    hac lege tibi meam astringo fidem,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22:

    quo (jure jurando) se cuncti astrinxerant,

    Suet. Caes. 84:

    hujus tanti officii servitutem astringebam testimonio sempiterno,

    to confirm, secure, Cic. Planc. 30 fin. Wund.:

    religione devinctum astrictumque,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 42:

    disciplina astricta legibus,

    id. Brut. 10, 40; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3:

    lege et quaestione,

    id. Clu. 155:

    suis condicionibus,

    id. Quinct. 5:

    auditor nullā ejus modi adstrictus necessitate,

    id. N. D. 1, 7, 17:

    orationem numeris astringere,

    id. de Or. 3, 44, 173 et saep.:

    adstringi sacris,

    to be bound to maintain, id. Leg. 2, 19:

    inops regio, quae parsimoniā astringeret milites,

    Liv. 39, 1:

    ad temperantiam,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 1:

    ad servitutem juris,

    Quint. 2, 16, 9:

    illa servitus ad certa se verba adstringendi,

    id. 7, 3, 16:

    milites ad certam stipendiorum formulam,

    Suet. Aug. 49; id. Tib. 18:

    me astringam verbis in sacra jura tuis,

    Ov. H. 16, 320; 20, 28:

    magno scelere se astringeret,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 9; id. Sest. 50 fin.; so id. Sull. 29, 82; perh. also id. Pis. 39 fin.; instead of this abl. of class. Latin, we sometimes find in comedy apparently the gen.:

    et ipsum sese et illum furti adstringeret,

    made guilty of, charged himself with, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 34:

    Homo furti sese adstringet,

    id. Poen. 3, 4, 27 (cf.:

    Audin tu? hic furti se adligat,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 39; Draeger, Hist. Synt. I. § 209, regards this as a vulgar extension of the use of the gen. with verbs of accusing, convicting, etc., but Klotz, s. v. astringo, regards it as really an old dative, furtoi furti; cf. quoi cui).—Of reasoning or discourse, to compress, abridge, bring into short compass:

    Stoici breviter adstringere solent argumenta,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 13 (cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 22: Haec sic dicuntur a Stoicis, concludunturque contortius); id. Fat. 14, 32:

    premere tumentia, luxuriantia adstringere,

    Quint. 10, 4, 1 Frotsch., Halm.—Hence, astrictus ( ads-), a, um, P. a., drawn together, tight, narrow, close.
    A.
    Lit.:

    limen astrictum,

    shut, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 50:

    alvus fusior aut astrictior,

    Cels. 1, 3:

    corpus astrictum, i. e. alvus dura,

    id. 3, 6:

    genus morbi astrictum,

    costiveness, id. 1 praef.:

    gustu adstricto,

    of a harsh, astringent taste, Plin. 27, 12, 96, § 121.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Sparing, parsimonious, covetous (not before the Aug. per.):

    astrictus pater,

    Prop. 3, 17, 18:

    adstricti moris auctor,

    Tac. A. 3, 55:

    parsimonia,

    Just. 44, 2.—
    2.
    Of discourse, compact, brief, concise, short (opp. remissus):

    dialectica quasi contracta et astricta eloquentia putanda est,

    Cic. Brut. 90, 309:

    verborum astricta comprehensio,

    id. ib. 95, 327:

    est enim finitimus oratori poëta, numeris astrictior paulo,

    id. de Or. 1, 16, 70; 1, 16, 60.— Sup. not used.— Adv.: astrictē ( ads-), concisely, briefly (only of discourse):

    astricte numerosa oratio,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 184.— Comp.:

    astrictius dicere,

    Sen. Ep. 8 fin., and Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 20:

    scribere,

    id. ib. 3, 18, 10:

    ille concludit adstrictius, hic latius,

    Quint. 10, 1, 106.— Sup. not used.

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  • 17 avarus

    ăvārus, a, um, adj. ( 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.

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  • 18 avidus

    ăvĭdus, a, um, adj. [1. aveo], longing eagerly for something (either lawful or unlawful), desirous, eager, earnest, greedy (diff. from avarus, q. v.).
    I.
    In gen., constr. with gen., in with acc., dat., or absol.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    With in with acc.:

    avida in novas res ingenia,

    Liv. 22, 21, 2:

    avidae in direptiones manus,

    id. 5, 20, 6.—
    * (γ).
    With dat.:

    servorum manus subitis avidae,

    Tac. H. 1, 7.—
    (δ).
    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.—
    II.
    Esp
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    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.
    a.
    Anteclass. form ăvĭdĭter: invadere pocula, Val. Antias ap. Arn. 5, p. 155; so App.: merum ventri ingurgitare, Met. 4, p. 145, 27.—
    b.
    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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  • 19 cupidus

    cŭpĭdus, a, um, adj. [cupio], longing, desiring, desirous, eager, in a good and bad sense, wishing, loving, fond, etc. (very freq. and class.); constr. with gen., abl., inf., in, or absol.
    I.
    In a good sense.
    1.
    Of persons.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    ejus videndi cupidus,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 12; so,

    huc redeundi, abeundi a milite, Vosque hic videndi,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 16:

    redeundi domum,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 3:

    bellandi,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 2:

    te audiendi,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 16:

    valde spectandi,

    id. ib. 1, 35, 162: satis faciendi rei publicae, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 1 et saep.:

    vitae,

    Lucr. 6, 1238; Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 1:

    mortis,

    Hor. S. 2, [p. 499] 2, 98:

    liberorum,

    Quint. 4, 2, 42:

    sententiarum,

    id. 5, 13, 31:

    pacis,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 44 et saep.— Comp.:

    contentionis quam veritatis,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 47.— Sup.:

    litterarum,

    Nep. Cato, 3, 1:

    nostri,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 104. —
    (β).
    With inf.:

    attingere,

    Prop. 1, 19, 9:

    moriri,

    Ov. M. 14, 215.—
    * (γ).
    With in and abl.:

    cupidus in perspiciendā cognoscendāque rerum naturā,

    Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    si quicquam cupido optantique obtigit,

    Cat. 107, 1:

    cupidum vires Deficiunt,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 12.—
    2.
    Of things:

    equorum Vis cupida,

    Lucr. 2, 265.—
    II.
    In a bad sense, passionately desiring or longing for, eager, greedy, lustful, passionate.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Of persons.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    auri,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 51; cf.

    pecuniae,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 8:

    damni,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 34:

    vini,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 50 (not vino, v. Ritschl ad h. l.):

    rerum novarum, imperii,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 6; cf.:

    rerum novarum,

    id. ib. 1, 18:

    cujuscumque motūs novi,

    Tac. H. 1, 80; and:

    nullius rei nisi imperii,

    Nep. Reg. 2, 2:

    laedendi,

    Quint. 5, 7, 16:

    maledicendi,

    id. 6, 2, 16 et saep.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    cupidos moderatis anteferre,

    Cic. Font. 14, 32 (10, 22):

    non esse mirandum, qui in illā re turpis aut cupidus aut petulans fuerit, hāc quoque in re eum deliquisse,

    id. Inv. 2, 10, 33:

    emit homo cupidus (for which, just before, cupiditate incensus),

    eager to purchase, id. Off. 3, 14, 59:

    stultus cupidusque,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 24:

    cupidusque et amata relinquere pernix,

    id. A. P. 165 al. —
    2.
    Of things:

    cor,

    Lucr. 4, 1138; Prop. 1, 8, 29; Hor. C. 3, 14, 26 al.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Longing from love, pining, languishing for, loving.
    a.
    Of persons:

    neu me cupidum eo (sc. ad uxorem ducendam) impulisset,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 6:

    maritus,

    Cat. 64, 375; Tib. 1, 8, 74; Ov. M. 4, 679:

    cupidi nomen amantis habe,

    id. H. 3, 26.—
    b.
    Of things:

    simul ac cupidae mentis satiata libido est,

    Cat. 64, 147; Ov. M. 11, 63; id. Am. 3, 7, 9 al.—
    2.
    Desirous of money, avaricious, covetous, Quint. 11, 1, 88:

    multitudo cupidorum hominum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:

    homo castus ac non cupidus,

    id. Sest. 43, 93; Vitr. 1, 1, 7; so in sup., Suet. Vesp. 16.—
    3.
    Devoted to a party, favoring any one, partial:

    quaestores vehementer (Verris),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12:

    cupidi et irati et conjurati testes,

    id. Font. 10, 21 (6, 11):

    judices (with infesti, invidentes),

    Tac. Or. 31; cf. comp.:

    judex,

    Cic. Caecin. 3, 8;

    and auctor,

    id. Clu. 24, 66.—Hence, cŭ-pĭdē, adv., eagerly, in a good and bad sense, zealously, passionately, vehemently, ardently, warmly, partially, etc. (freq. and class.), Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 11; Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 1; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 3; id. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; id. Phil. 2, 21, 52; Nep. Arist. 1, 4; Quint. 1, 3, 13; Cat. 63, 2; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 100 et saep.— Comp., Caes. B. G. 1, 15; 5, 15; Liv. 3, 32, 3 al.— Sup., Caes. B. G. 1, 40; id. B. C. 2, 20; Sall. C. 40, 4 al.

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  • 20 trahax

    trăhax, ācis, adj. [traho], that draws every thing to himself, greedy, covetous:

    procax, rapax, trahax,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 6.

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