avidam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →avidus, avida -um, avidior -or -us, avidissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
greedy, eager, ardent, desirous of; avaricious, insatiable; lustful, passionate;
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
- T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...culpa. principio quantum caeli tegit impetus ingens, inde avidam partem montes silvaeque ferarum possedere, tenent rupes vastaeque paludes..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...carnes cumque albis ossa medullis semianimesque artus avidam condebat in alvum; me tremor invasit: stabam sine sanguine maestus..." - T
Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...obsideri; cladisque imaginem Furculas Caudinas memorabant: eadem temeritate avidam ulteriorum semper gentem in saltus invios deductam, saeptam..." - T
Liber VII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...alios graves iam aetate aut viribus parum validos; avidam in commeatus mittebantur, singuli primo, deinde et cohortes quaedam..."