aveo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.u̯e.oː/, [ˈäu̯eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ve.o/, [ˈäːveo]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-eh₁yeti, stative verb from the root *h₂ew- (“to enjoy, consume”). Cognate with Sanskrit अवति (ávati, “he consumes, satisfies”), Welsh ewyllys (“will”).

Verb

aveō (present infinitive avēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. to desire, wish or long for, crave, be eager

   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)
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

1. to be 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.