cavens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caveo, cavere, cavi, cautus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beware, avoid, take precautions/defensive action; give/get surety; stipulate;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Idem facit sapiens: nocituram potentiam vitat, hoc primum cavens, ne vitare videatur; pars enim securitatis..."
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...iamque toro trepidas infelix obruit aures verba cavens; horror molles invaserat annos. nec quo ferre fugam..."
