avariter
Dictionary entries
- Entry →avariter:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
greedily, avariciously, rapaciously; thriftily, economically, stingily, miserly;
Examples
- T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...esca imponitur: quam si quis avidus poscit escam avariter, decipitur in trasenna avaritia sua. ille qui consulte, docte..." - T
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...vide ut ingurgitat impura in se merum avariter, faucibus plenis. Phaed. Perii hercle, huic quid primum dicam nescio..."
