LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Cognate to Sanskrit अवति (avati, “to consume, satisfy”) and Cornish awell (“will”).[1]
VerbEdit
present active aveō, present infinitive avēre (no perfect or supine forms)
InflectionEdit
- 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 termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Breal and Bailly:
Aveo is one of those verbs that has a meaning that is difficult to precisely define. This is due to its multiple semantic shifts. Nonetheless, the primary meaning is seemingly "to be alert, be happy", hence the meaning "to be hungry, desire."
The rhetorician Claudius Mamertinus once hailed Emperor Julian with "Ave, consul amplissime." The emperor responded with "Aveo plane Imperator et avebo… cum is avere iubeat, qui iam fecit, ut averem."
The more common meaning is "to desire," but the adjectival form "avidus" first meant "who likes to, that which is ported to." Thus the transition to the meaning of "hungry, eager" was relatively simple. Lucretius employs the adjective "avidus" and adverb "aveo" in the sense of "large, abundant", reflecting the original use of aveo.
→ See audeo and gaudeo.
VerbEdit
present active aveō, present infinitive avēre (no perfect or supine forms)
InflectionEdit
- Only attested forms are the present active infinitive, avēre, and the imperatives avē, avēte and avētō.
Alternative formsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “avaro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2