Definition of "avaritia" []

• A reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins); avarice; greed. (noun)

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• "It must not, however, be confounded with greed, which is the most immediate meaning of the Latin word avaritia."
• "Amys Welt » Blog Archive » Root cause for the economic crisis: avaritia says:"
• "Superbia major quam opulenti rustici, invidia quam luis venerae inimicitia nocentior melancholia, avaritia in immensum profunda."