aveō

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”).^[1] 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

to desire, wish or long for, crave, be eager [ synonyms, antonyms ▲]
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

[ less ▲] Conjugation of aveō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	s\|pres\|act\|ind-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">aveō	s\|pres\|act\|ind-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avēs	s\|pres\|act\|ind-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avet	p\|pres\|act\|ind-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avēmus	p\|pres\|act\|ind-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avētis	p\|pres\|act\|ind-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avent
	imperfect	s\|impf\|act\|ind-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avēbam	s\|impf\|act\|ind-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avēbās	s\|impf\|act\|ind-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avēbat	p\|impf\|act\|ind-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avēbāmus	p\|impf\|act\|ind-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avēbātis	p\|impf\|act\|ind-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avēbant
	future	s\|fut\|act\|ind-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avēbō	s\|fut\|act\|ind-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avēbis	s\|fut\|act\|ind-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avēbit	p\|fut\|act\|ind-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avēbimus	p\|fut\|act\|ind-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avēbitis	p\|fut\|act\|ind-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avēbunt
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	s\|pres\|act\|sub-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">aveam	s\|pres\|act\|sub-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">aveās	s\|pres\|act\|sub-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">aveat	p\|pres\|act\|sub-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">aveāmus	p\|pres\|act\|sub-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">aveātis	p\|pres\|act\|sub-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">aveant
active	imperfect	s\|impf\|act\|sub-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avērem	s\|impf\|act\|sub-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avērēs	s\|impf\|act\|sub-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avēret	p\|impf\|act\|sub-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avērēmus	p\|impf\|act\|sub-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avērētis	p\|impf\|act\|sub-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avērent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	s\|pres\|act\|imp-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avē	—	—	p\|pres\|act\|imp-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avēte	—
active	future	—	s\|fut\|act\|imp-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avētō	s\|fut\|act\|imp-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avētō	—	p\|fut\|act\|imp-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avētōte	p\|fut\|act\|imp-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">aventō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		act\|inf-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avēre	—	—	—	—	—
participles		act\|part-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ger-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avendī	ger-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avendō	ger-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avendum	ger-form-of origin-aveō" lang="la">avendō	—	—

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See avē.

Alternative forms

haveō

Verb

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

to be well or fare well

Conjugation

Only attested forms are the present active infinitive, avēre, and the imperatives avē, avēte and avētō.

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