avariter Latin · revision 9702

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂ew-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aˈwaː.rɪ.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈvaː.ri.ter]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''avāriter''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|avārus|-ter|t1=greedy]], an adverb.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨avārus⟩ is from [[m|la|aveō|t=to long for]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*awē-|t=to be eager]], from [[ine-pro|*h₂ew-eh₁-|t=to enjoy, consume]].^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Plautus' ''Curculio'', ''avāriter ingurgitāre'' “to gulp down greedily”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ An early word, it meant greedily, rapaciously, gluttonously, as in Plautus and Cato, and stingily, as in Claudius Quadrigarius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Greedily, gluttonously.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|stingily|alt=Stingily]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[audeō]]

+ * [[avāre]]

+ * [[avāritia]]

+ * [[avāritiēs]]

+ * [[avārus]]

+ * [[avēns]]

+ * [[aventer]]

+ * [[aveō]]

+ * [[avidē]]

+ * [[aviditās]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}