avidissimis
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;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
- G
Liber IV
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...recito, in proximo discreta velo sedet, laudesque nostras avidissimis auribus excipit. Versus quidem meos cantat etiam formatque cithara..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...tunc illum in tutelam recepisti, quum praedonis avidissimi faucibus eripuisti. Neque enim sine auxilio tuo, quum altissima quaeque..."