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
- T
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..." - M
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..." - Q
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..."
