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
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..."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..."Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...obsideri; cladisque imaginem Furculas Caudinas memorabant: eadem temeritate avidam ulteriorum semper gentem in saltus invios deductam, saeptam..."Liber VII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...alios graves iam aetate aut viribus parum validos; avidam in commeatus mittebantur, singuli primo, deinde et cohortes quaedam..."