obvenio

Latin

Etymology

From ob- (in the direction of; against) +‎ veniō (come).

Pronunciation

Verb

obveniō (present infinitive obvenīre, perfect active obvēnī, supine obventum); fourth conjugation, third person-only in the passive

  1. to come before or in the way of, meet, come face-to-face
  2. to come or fall to someone, fall to the lot of
  3. to happen, arise, befall
    Synonyms: interveniō, ēveniō, obtingō, expetō, incurrō, accēdō, incidō, intercidō, accidō, contingō, fīō

Conjugation

  • Passive forms are non-Classical.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: obvenir
  • French: obvenir

References

  • obvenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obvenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obvenio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.