greedy Copy link Outline 1. ăvārus2. ăvĭdus3. cŭpĭdus4. ĕdax, vŏrax • greedy: 1. ăvārus: the g. belly, a. venter, Hor.: g. of slaughter, caedis a., Claud.: v. covetous. 2. ăvĭdus: v. eager. 3. cŭpĭdus: v. desirous. 4. ĕdax, vŏrax: v. voracious. To be g. after, ĭnhĭo, 1 (with acc. or dat. to be as g. after an inheritance as a hungry wolf, hereditatem in. quasi esuriens lupus, Pl. St. 4, 2, 25: to be g. for booty, praedae in., Val. Fl. 2, 531: to be g. after any one's death, mortem alicujus in., Caecil. in Gell. 2, 23. See also, to desire, covet.