aventes
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;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →avens, aventis (gen.), aventior -or -us, aventissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
willing, cheerful, glad, with pleasure; eager, anxious; covetous;
acc. pl. (m./f.)nom. pl. (m./f.)voc. pl. (m./f.)
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...ingenium fregere superbum. tunc et amicitiem coeperunt iungere aventes finitimi inter se nec laedere nec violari, et pueros..."Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...auditis de sententia decedere? Nam cum expectant et avent audire cur dolor malum non sit, dicunt illi asperum..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...levis exsilit; inde ambo propositum peragunt iter, urbis aventes moenia nocturni subrepere. iamque tenebat nox medium caeli spatium..."
