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cupiditas.

enthusiasm/eagerness/passion; (carnal) desire; lust; greed/usury/fraud; ambition

9 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[kʊˈpɪ.dɪ.taːs]Classical-Latin[kuˈpiː.di.tas]
  1. desire (deemed good, neutral or bad)

    declension-3
  2. lust, passion

    declension-3
  3. cupidity, avarice, greed, covetousness

    declension-3
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwep- Proto-Indo-European *kup-yé-tider. Proto-Italic *kupjō Latin cupiō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin cupidus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin cupiditās From cupidus (“desiring”) + -tās (“ty”).

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