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aventis

Dictionary entries

  • 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;

    Entry →
    gen. sg. pres. act. part.
  • 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;

    Entry →
    acc. pl. (m./f.)
    gen. sg. (all)

Examples

  • T

    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..."
  • T

    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..."
  • P

    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..."
  • Q

    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..."

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