cupiditas

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) desire
 * 2) lust, passion
 * 3) cupidity, avarice, greed, covetousness
 * 1) cupidity, avarice, greed, covetousness
 * 1) cupidity, avarice, greed, covetousness

Usage notes
According to scholars such as Döderlein, the difference between cupīdō and cupiditās is that is seen as active desire, whereas cupiditās is more of a passive desire of passion that befalls someone as a state of mind. Cupīdō concerns especially possessions and money. Cupiditas is used as desire for goods of any kind.

Descendants

 * Old
 * Montferrat