covetous Copy link Outline 1. ăvārus (very rare in good sense)2. ăvĭdus (in good or bad sense3. appĕtens (in good or bad sense)4. cŭpĭdus (rare in this sense) • covetous: eager to obtain (rare, except in bad sense: for good sense see desirous, eager): 1. ăvārus (very rare in good sense): a c. and thievish man, a. et furax homo, Cic.: the c. man is always needy, semper a. eget, Hor.: also in good sense: c. of glory, gloriae a., Hor. Fig. of things without life: the c. sea, mare a., Hor. 2. ăvĭdus (in good or bad sense: v. eager): the c. double their wealth, divitias conduplicant avidi, Lucr.: the c. hands of the heir, a. manus heredis, Hor. 3. appĕtens (in good or bad sense): signs of a grateful mind, not c. or greedy, grati animi, non ap., non avidi signa, Cic.: a man not greedy nor c., homo non cupidus neque appetens, Cic. 4. cŭpĭdus (rare in this sense): more precisely nullius rei c., Nep.: opp. to moderatus, Cic. Phr.: to be very c., *cupiditate habendi ardere; divitias intemperanter cupere, concupiscere: v. covet.