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1 rapācitās
rapācitās ātis, f [rapax], greed, rapacity: quis in rapacitate avarior.* * * -
2 avāritia
avāritia ae, f [avarus], inordinate desire, greed, avarice, covetousness: gloriae, Cu.: hians et imminens, gaping and eager: ardeus: classem avaritiā perdere: animus aeger avaritiā, S.: profunda, S.— Plur: omnes, every kind of selfishness.* * *greed, avarice; rapacity; miserliness, stinginess, meanness -
3 accipitrina
act of a hawk; rapacity -
4 avarities
greed, avarice; rapacity; miserliness, stinginess, meanness -
5 Lollia
Lollĭus, a, name of a Roman gens. So, M. Lollius Palicanus, governor of Galatia and afterwards of Gaul, a favorite of Augustus, famous for his rapacity and a defeat which he suffered in Germany, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 41, § 100; Vell. 2, 97; Tac. A. 3, 48; Suet. Tib. 13; to him is addressed Hor. C. 4, 9.— In fem.: Lollia, ae, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4; Suet. Caes. 50.—Lollia Paulina, a daughter of M. Lollius, and mistress of the emperor Claudius, who was murdered at the instigation of Agrippina, Tac. A. 12, 1; 22; 14, 12; Suet. Calig. 25; id. Claud. 25; id. Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117.—Hence,II.Lollĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Lollius, Lollian:clades,
the defeat suffered by M. Lollius in Germany, Vell. 2, 97; Tac. A. 1, 10; Suet. Aug. 23. -
6 Lollianus
Lollĭus, a, name of a Roman gens. So, M. Lollius Palicanus, governor of Galatia and afterwards of Gaul, a favorite of Augustus, famous for his rapacity and a defeat which he suffered in Germany, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 41, § 100; Vell. 2, 97; Tac. A. 3, 48; Suet. Tib. 13; to him is addressed Hor. C. 4, 9.— In fem.: Lollia, ae, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4; Suet. Caes. 50.—Lollia Paulina, a daughter of M. Lollius, and mistress of the emperor Claudius, who was murdered at the instigation of Agrippina, Tac. A. 12, 1; 22; 14, 12; Suet. Calig. 25; id. Claud. 25; id. Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117.—Hence,II.Lollĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Lollius, Lollian:clades,
the defeat suffered by M. Lollius in Germany, Vell. 2, 97; Tac. A. 1, 10; Suet. Aug. 23. -
7 Lollius
Lollĭus, a, name of a Roman gens. So, M. Lollius Palicanus, governor of Galatia and afterwards of Gaul, a favorite of Augustus, famous for his rapacity and a defeat which he suffered in Germany, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 41, § 100; Vell. 2, 97; Tac. A. 3, 48; Suet. Tib. 13; to him is addressed Hor. C. 4, 9.— In fem.: Lollia, ae, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4; Suet. Caes. 50.—Lollia Paulina, a daughter of M. Lollius, and mistress of the emperor Claudius, who was murdered at the instigation of Agrippina, Tac. A. 12, 1; 22; 14, 12; Suet. Calig. 25; id. Claud. 25; id. Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117.—Hence,II.Lollĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Lollius, Lollian:clades,
the defeat suffered by M. Lollius in Germany, Vell. 2, 97; Tac. A. 1, 10; Suet. Aug. 23. -
8 rapacitas
răpācĭtas, ātis, f. [id.], greediness, rapacity:quis in rapacitate avarior,
Cic. Cael. 6, 13; Suet. Tit. 7; Just. 38, 7, 8; Mart. 6, 72, 1:dirae filius es rapacitatis,
id. 12, 53, 7.
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