avidus
From aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”) + -idus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈa.u̯i.dus/, [ˈäu̯ɪd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.vi.dus/, [ˈäːvid̪us]
Adjective
avidus (feminine avida, neuter avidum, comparative avidior, superlative avidissimus, adverb avidē or aviditer); first/second-declension adjective
- greedy, avaricious, covetous [ quotations ▼]
- eager, enthusiastic, 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.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| 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 | avidō | avidīs | ||||
| Accusative | avidum | avidam | avidum | avidōs | avidās | avida | |
| Ablative | avidō | avidā | avidō | avidīs | |||
| Vocative | avide | avida | avidum | avidī | avidae | avida | |
Synonyms
- (desirous, eager): appetēns, cupiēns, cupidus, hiulcus
- (greedy, covetous): appetēns, avārus, cupidus
- (lustful): lascīvus, libīdinōsus, salāx
- (vast): effūsus, immānis, immensus, ingēns, magnus, vastus
- (voracious): edāx, vorāx
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “desirous, eager”): incūriōsus, neglegēns
- (antonym(s) of “greedy”): beneficus, līberālis, mūnificus
- (antonym(s) of “vast”): parvus, paulus
- (antonym(s) of “voracious”): exsaturātus