avare Latin · revision 9823

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''avārē''' (comparative avārius, superlative avārissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|avārus|-ē|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==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Terence, and Köbler's is Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant greedily, avariciously, rapaciously, as in Terence and Cicero's ''avārē aliquid facere'' “to act greedily”, and in a miserly manner, stingily, as in Seneca, and Columella has ''avārius exigere opus'' “to demand work too greedily”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for avariciously, parsimoniously, as in Gerald of Wales.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of stinginess.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

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

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

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[audeō]]

+ * [[avāriter]]

+ * [[avāritia]]

+ * [[avāritiēs]]

+ * [[avārus]]

+ * [[avēns]]

+ * [[aventer]]

+ * [[aveō]]

+ * [[avidē]]

+ * [[aviditās]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}