aventi
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;
abl. sg. pres. act. part.dat. sg. 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;
abl. sg. (all)dat. sg. (all)
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...duramen aquarum, et mora quae fluvios passim refrenat aventis, perfacilest tamen haec reperire animoque videre, omnia quo pacto..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...communibus excrucientur, in triviis cum saepe canes discedere aventis divorsi cupide summis ex viribus tendunt, quom interea validis..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sine fine tenentem nescius extimuit propiusque accedere aventi vulnifico fuerat fixurus pectora telo: arcuit omnipotens pariterque ipsosque nefasque..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...Unde et quo Catius?' 'non est mihi tempus, aventi ponere signa novis praeceptis, qualia vincent Pythagoran Anytique reum..."
