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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''avidē''' (comparative avidius, superlative avidissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[avidus]] “eager, greedy” with the adverb suffix [[-ē]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨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==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Ennius, of eagerness.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant eagerly, impatiently, as in Ennius, and greedily, hungrily, as in Horace.^(OLD 2012) The comparative ''avidius'' is in Sallust and Livy and the superlative ''avidissimē'' in Cicero.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for greedily, eagerly, as of a horse snatching hay in the Life of Cuthbert.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of hunger.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|Eagerly]], impatiently.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|Greedily]], hungrily.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[audeō]]

+ * [[avārē]]

+ * [[avāriter]]

+ * [[avāritia]]

+ * [[avāritiēs]]

+ * [[avārus]]

+ * [[avēns]]

+ * [[aventer]]

+ * [[aveō]]

+ * [[aviditās]]

+ * [[avidus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}