obvenio
Latin
Etymology
From ob- (“in the direction of; against”) + veniō (“come”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔbˈwɛ.ni.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [obˈvɛː.ni.o]
Verb
obveniō (present infinitive obvenīre, perfect active obvēnī, supine obventum); fourth conjugation, third person-only in the passive
- to come before or in the way of, meet, come face-to-face
- to come or fall to someone, fall to the lot of
- to happen, arise, befall
Conjugation
- Passive forms are non-Classical.
Conjugation of obveniō (fourth conjugation, third person-only in the passive)
Derived terms
- obvenientia
- obventīcius
- obventiō
- obventus
Related terms
Descendants
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.