aventis
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;
gen. 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;
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..."
