aveo
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Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Cognate to Sanskrit अवति (avati, “to consume, satisfy”) and Cornish awell (“will”).[1]
Verb[edit]
aveō (present infinitive avēre, no perfect or supine forms)
Inflection[edit]
- This verb has no known third or fourth principal parts, and so has an incomplete conjugation.
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | aveō | avēs | avet | avēmus | avētis | avent |
| future | avēbō | avēbis | avēbit | avēbimus | avēbitis | avēbunt | |
| imperfect | avēbam | avēbās | avēbat | avēbāmus | avēbātis | avēbant | |
| perfect | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| pluperfect | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| future perfect | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | aveam | aveās | aveat | aveāmus | aveātis | aveant |
| imperfect | avērem | avērēs | avēret | avērēmus | avērētis | avērent | |
| perfect | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| pluperfect | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| active | passive | ||||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | avēre | — | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | avēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Breal and Bailly:
Aveo is one of those verbs whose precise meaning is difficult to mark exactly, because of their continuous semantic shifts. However, it seems that the primary meaning is to "be alert, be happy", hence "to be hungry, desire."
The rhetorician Claudius Mamertinus once hailed Emperor Julien with "Ave, consul amplissime." The emperor replied "Aveo plane Imperator et avebo… cum is avere jubeat, qui jam fecit, ut averem."
The ordinary meaning is "desire," but the adjective avidus first meant "who likes to, which is ported to." Thus the transition to the meaning of "hungry, eager" was relatively simple. Lucretius employs the adverb avidus and aveo in the sense of "large, abundant" thus showing the old sense of aveo.
→ See audeo and gaudeo.
Verb[edit]
aveō (present infinitive avēre, no perfect or supine forms)
Inflection[edit]
- Only attested forms are the present active infinitive, avēre, and the imperatives avē, avēte and avētō.
Alternative forms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “avaro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2
