avarities Latin · revision 9822

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [a.waːˈrɪ.ti.eːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [a.vaˈrit.t͡si.es]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''avāritiēs''' ''f'' (genitive avāritiēī); fifth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|avārus|-itiēs|t1=greedy]], a variant of [[avāritia]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(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 Lucretius, ''avāritiēs et honōrum caeca cupīdō'' “avarice and the blind lust for honours”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant greed of gain, avarice, and Lewis & Short find it perhaps only in Lucretius and Claudian, and Gaffiot also cites Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for avarice, as in the chronicle of John of Oxnead.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Greed of gain, [[m|en|avarice]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[avāritia]]

+ * [[avārus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}