aveo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.u̯e.oː/, [ˈäu̯eoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ve.o/, [ˈäːveo]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *awēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to enjoy/to consume”). Cognate with Sanskrit अवति (avati, “he consumes, satisfies”) Welsh ewyllys, Cornish awell (“will”).[1]
Verb
aveō (present infinitive avēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
- I desire, wish or long for, crave.
- Synonyms: requīrō, affectō, cupiō, quaerō, studeō, concupiō, petō, indigeō, sitiō, expetō, spectō, voveō, circumspiciō, appetō
- Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō
Usage notes
From Bréal and Bailly:
Aveo is one of those verbs that has a meaning difficult to precisely define. This is due to numerous semantic shifts that have occurred regarding it. Nevertheless, its original meaning is seemingly "to be alert, to be happy", from whence came the later meaning "to be hungry, to desire".
The rhetorician Claudius Mamertinus, who was once hailed with the words "Ave, consul amplissime," by Emperor Julian, responded to him "Aveo plane Imperator et avebo… cum is avere iubeat, qui iam fecit, ut averem."
The most common meaning of aveo is "to desire", but the adjectival form "avidus" initially meant "who likes to, that which is ported to". Thus the transition to the "hungry, eager" sense was relatively simple. Lucretius employs the adjective "avidus" and the adverb "aveo" in the sense of "large, abundant", reflecting the original use of aveo.
Conjugation
Conjugation of aveō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | aveō | avēs | avet | avēmus | avētis | avent |
imperfect | avēbam | avēbās | avēbat | avēbāmus | avēbātis | avēbant | |
future | avēbō | avēbis | avēbit | avēbimus | avēbitis | avēbunt | |
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | aveam | aveās | aveat | aveāmus | aveātis | aveant |
imperfect | avērem | avērēs | avēret | avērēmus | avērētis | avērent | |
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | avē | — | — | avēte | — |
future | — | avētō | avētō | — | avētōte | aventō | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | avēre | — | — | — | — | — | |
participles | avēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
avendī | avendō | avendum | avendō | — | — |
Derived terms
- avaritia
- avārus
- avēns
- aventer
- avēre iubeō
- avidus
Etymology 2
See avē.
Alternative forms
- haveō
Verb
aveō (present infinitive avēre); second conjugation, highly defective, no perfect or supine stem
- I am well or fare well.
Conjugation
- Only attested forms are the present active infinitive, avēre, and the imperatives avē, avēte and avētō.
References
- “aveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aveo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- aveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “avaro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN