obvenio

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.