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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 4 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• covetous: eager to obtain (rare, except in bad sense: for good sense see desirous, eager):
      1. 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. 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. 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. 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.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• COVETOUS
habendi cupidus (general term): aliquantum avidior ad rem: avarus (endeavoring to enrich one’s self at the expense of others): pecuniae cupidus or avidus (with regard to money): from the context also, cupidus only (as Cic., Sext., 43, 93, where we find homo castus ac non cupidus, and Vitr. 1, 1, 7); or avidus (as Cic., De Or., 2, 43, 183; and opposed to liberalis, as Cic., Roscius, Com., 7, extr.): sordidus (vilely covetous): petens (striving after). To be covetous, avaritia ardere *divitias cupide or avide expetere. Vid: also, To COVET.