avariter

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Latin

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Etymology

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From avārus (avaricious, covetous, greedy) +‎ -ter, from aveō (wish, desire, long for, crave).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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avāriter (not comparable)

  1. greedily, avariciously, covetously
  2. stingily

Synonyms

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References

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  • avariter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • avariter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.