aviditas Latin · revision 8452

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la avidus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aˈwɪ.dɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈviː.di.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aviditās''' ''f'' (genitive aviditātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[avidus]] “eager, greedy” with the suffix [[-tās]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) ⟨Avidus⟩ is from [[aveō]] “to desire”, which de Vaan traces to [[ine-pro|*h₂ew-eh₁-|t=to enjoy, consume]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan's first source is Plautus, whom Köbler dates c. 250–184 BC.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's earliest citation is from Cicero, of greed.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant covetousness, greed, as in Cicero, and an appetite for food or drink in Celsus.^(OLD 2012) Varro used it for an ardent desire, and Cicero has ''aviditās legendī'' “a passion for reading”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for greed and passionate desire, as in Anselm.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''avidità'' and French ''avidité'', and gave [[en|avidity]] in the mid-15th century, “eagerness, zeal”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of greed.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of appetite.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''avidity'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Covetousness, [[m|en|greed]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|Appetite]], hunger.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Ardent desire, [[m|en|avidity]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[avidus]]

+ * [[avidē]]

+ * [[avāritia]]

+ * [[en|avidity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}