avarus, avara -um, avarior -or -us, avarissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
avaricious, greedy; stingy, miserly, mean; covetous, hungry for;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | avarus | avari |
| Gen. | avari | avarorum |
| Dat. | avaro | — |
| Acc. | avarum | avaros |
| Voc. | avare | avari |
| Abl. | avaro | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | avara | avarae |
| Gen. | avarae | avararum |
| Dat. | avarae | — |
| Acc. | avaram | avaras |
| Voc. | avara | avarae |
| Abl. | avara | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | avarum | avara |
| Gen. | avari | avarorum |
| Dat. | avaro | — |
| Acc. | avarum | avara |
| Voc. | avarum | avara |
| Abl. | avaro | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | avarius | avariora |
| Gen. | avarioris | — |
| Acc. | avarius | avariora |
| Voc. | avarius | avariora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | avarissimus | avarissimi |
| Gen. | avarissimi | avarissimorum |
| Dat. | avarissimo | — |
| Acc. | avarissimum | avarissimos |
| Voc. | avarissime | avarissimi |
| Abl. | avarissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | avarissima | avarissimae |
| Gen. | avarissimae | avarissimarum |
| Dat. | avarissimae | — |
| Acc. | avarissimam | avarissimas |
| Voc. | avarissima | avarissimae |
| Abl. | avarissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | avarissimum | avarissima |
| Gen. | avarissimi | avarissimorum |
| Dat. | avarissimo | — |
| Acc. | avarissimum | avarissima |
| Voc. | avarissimum | avarissima |
| Abl. | avarissimo | — |
Examples
- T
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...erga suom gnatum atque se, numquam erit tam avarus, quin te gratiis emittat manu ~ et mea opera..." - T
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...LYCONIDES ADVLESCENS PHAEDRIA PVELLA TIBICINAE ARGVMENTVM I Senex avarus vix sibi credens Euclio domi suae defossam multis..." - A
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...docuit nomina non positiva esse, sed naturalia. V. "Avarus" simplexne vocabulum sit, an compositum et duplex, sicut..." - A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...quoque vocibus, quam esse in nostris animadvertimus." V. "Avarus" simplexne vocabulum sit, an compositum et duplex, sicuti..." - C
On Kings
Cornelius Nepos
"...facile reperitur, minime libidinosus, non luxuriosus, non avarus, nullius denique rei cupidus nisi singularis perpetuique imperii ob eamque..." - L
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...velis vitiis exui, longe a vitiorum exemplis recedendumest. Avarus, corruptor, saevus, fraudulentus, multum nocituri si propea te fuissent..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...concordes dividebatur. Nondum valentior inposuerat infirmiori manum, nondum avarus abscondendo quod sibi iaceret alium necessariis quoque excluserat..." - T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...consulit, blandiloquentulus, harpago, mendax, 239a cuppes, avarus, elegans, despoliator, latebricolarum hominum corruptor, 240a [blandus] inops celatum indagator..."