avaritia, avaritiae (f)
greed / avarice Virtues & the Soul
Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas (The root of all evils is greed) — 1 Tim 6:10. Deadly sin
In Scripture
Dixitque ad illos : Videte, et cavete ab omni avaritia : quia non in abundantia cujusquam vita ejus est ex his quæ possidet.
And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness: for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.
Lucas 12 · 15