avariter

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈwaː.ri.ter/, [aˈwaː.rɪ.tɛr]

Adverb

avāriter (not comparable)

  1. greedily, avariciously, covetously
  2. stingily

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References
  • 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
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