aveo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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 stems

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		avēre			—			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 stems

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.