avidissimus
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;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...fata latentia vexa, laurigerosque ignes, si quando, avidissimus hauri! arma horrenda tibi saevosque remisimus enses, numquam has inbelles..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...Ceterum ad simulandam pacem, cuius Numida defessus bello avidissimus erat, quae utilia visa constituunt. Ita composito dolo digrediuntur..."