avarus

avārus adj.with comp.and sup.

1 AV-, eagerly desirous, grasping : mare, H.: venter, ravenous , H.: laudis, H.: pecuniae, Ta.: avarae Spes, too ambitious , H.: praeter laudem nullius, eager only for glory , H.: Agricola, zealous , V.— Avaricious, covetous, penurious : meretrix, T.: homo minime: quantum discordet parcus avaro, H.: in rapacitate avidior?: homo avarissime: litus, V.: Troia, O.— As subst, a miser, covetous men : Semper avarus eget, H.