avidus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.wi.dus/, [ˈa.wɪ.dʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.vi.dus/, [ˈaː.vi.dus]
Adjective
avidus (feminine avida, neuter avidum); first/second declension
- Greedy, avaricious, covetous.
- Eager, desiring, desirous; lustful, passionate.
- (for food) Eager, hungry, voracious, gluttonous; insatiable.
- (of space) Vast, wide, large.
Usage notes
In general, it is used with the following constructions: the genitive, in + accusative, or the dative.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | avidus | avida | avidum | avidī | avidae | avida | |
| Genitive | avidī | avidae | avidī | avidōrum | avidārum | avidōrum | |
| Dative | avidō | avidae | avidō | avidīs | avidīs | avidīs | |
| Accusative | avidum | avidam | avidum | avidōs | avidās | avida | |
| Ablative | avidō | avidā | avidō | avidīs | avidīs | avidīs | |
| Vocative | avide | avida | avidum | avidī | avidae | avida | |
- comparative: avidior, superlative: avidissimus
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (desirous, eager): incūriōsus, neglegēns
- (greedy): beneficus, līberālis, mūnificus
- (vast): parvus, paulus
- (voracious): exsaturātus
Descendants
References
- avidus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- avidus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- avidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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