avidissime
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;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →avide, avidius, avidissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
greedily, hungrily, avariciously; eagerly, impatiently;
Examples
Liber III
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...Hanc ego vitam voto et cogitatione praesumo, ingressurus avidissime, ut primum ratio aetatis receptui canere permiserit. Interim mille..."Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...PRISCO SUO S. Et tu occasiones obligandi me avidissime amplecteris, et ego nemini libentius debeo. Duabus ergo..."
