aveo
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;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...possit ab uno solum verbo inclinatum, quod est "aveo", eademque esse fictura, qua est "amarus", de quo nihil..."Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...certandi cupidus quam propter amorem quod te imitari aveo; quid enim contendat hirundo cycnis, aut quid nam tremulis..."