avebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aveo, avere, -, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hail; fare/be well; (IMP/INF; greeting/leaving);[ ~ jubeo => I send greetings];; be eager or anxious; desire, wish for, long after, crave;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...eluserat. Exim validissimas praefecturas invisit; et reciperare Armeniam avebat, ni a Vibio Marso, Syriae legato, bellum minitante cohibitus..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...mihi destinatum foret suum quaeque in annum referre, avebat animus antire statimque memorare exitus quos Latinus atque Opsius..."