LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive

adveniō

adveniō (present infinitive advenīre, perfect active advēnī, supine adventum)
Classical[adˈwɛ.ni.oː]Ecclesiastical[adˈvɛː.ni.o]
№ 987 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. impersonalintransitiveto come to, to arrive
    Ad tē adveniō spem salūtem auxilium cōnsilium expetēns.I come to you seeking hope, safety, help, and advice.166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 319

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

ad locum veniō; quī advēnit, adest.
adveniō -īre advēnī — in Mille Verba, ch. Via et Iter

Conjugation conjugation 4

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.adveniōadveniēbamadveniamadvēnīadvēneramadvēnerō
2nd sg.advenīsadveniēbāsadveniēsadvēnistīadvēnerāsadvēneris
3rd sg.advenitadveniēbatadvenietadvēnitadvēneratadvēnerit
1st pl.advenīmusadveniēbāmusadveniēmusadvēnimusadvēnerāmusadvēnerimus
2nd pl.advenītisadveniēbātisadveniētisadvēnistisadvēnerātisadvēneritis
3rd pl.adveniuntadveniēbantadvenientadvēnērunt
advēnēre		advēnerantadvēnerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.adveniamadvenīremadvēnerimadvēnissem
2nd sg.adveniāsadvenīrēsadvēnerīsadvēnissēs
3rd sg.adveniatadvenīretadvēneritadvēnisset
1st pl.adveniāmusadvenīrēmusadvēnerīmusadvēnissēmus
2nd pl.adveniātisadvenīrētisadvēnerītisadvēnissētis
3rd pl.adveniantadvenīrentadvēnerintadvēnissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.———
2nd sg.———
3rd sg.advenīturadveniēbāturadveniētur
1st pl.———
2nd pl.———
3rd pl.———
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.——
2nd sg.——
3rd sg.adveniāturadvenīrētur
1st pl.——
2nd pl.——
3rd pl.——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.advenī—
pres. 2nd pl.advenīte—
fut. 2nd sg.advenītō—
fut. 3rd sg.advenītōadvenītor
fut. 2nd pl.advenītōte—
fut. 3rd pl.adveniuntōadveniuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveadvenīreadvenīrī
perfect infinitiveadvēnisseadventum esse
future infinitiveadventūrum esseadventum īrī
present participleadveniēns
adveniente, advenientem, advenientēs, advenientī, advenientia, advenientibus, advenientis, advenientīs, advenientium		—
perfect participle—adventum
future participleadventūrus
adventūra, adventūrā, adventūrae, adventūram, adventūrārum, adventūrās, adventūre, adventūrī, adventūrīs, adventūrō, adventūrōrum, adventūrōs, adventūrum		adveniendum
adveniundum, advenienda, adveniendā, adveniendae, adveniendam, adveniendārum, adveniendās, adveniende, adveniendīs, adveniendōrum, adveniendōs, adveniendus
gerundadveniendī, adveniendō, adveniendumsupineadventum, adventū

ad-vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4, v. a.,
I. to come to a place, to reach, arrive at (syn.: accedere, adventare, adire, appellere, adesse); constr. absol., with ad, in, or acc.
I. Lit.: verum praetor advenit, Naev. ap. Non. 468, 27 (Bell. Pun. v. 44 Vahl.): ad vos adveniens, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38 (Trag. v. 14 Vahl.): ad forum, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 6; so id. Curc. 1, 2, 55; id. Am. prol. 32; cf. id. Men. 5, 2, 6: advenis modo? Admodum, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 8; Caecil. ap. Non. 247, 6: procul a patria domoque, Lucr. 6, 1103: ad auris, id. 6, 166; so id. 3, 783; 4, 874; 6, 234: in montem Oetam, Att. ap. Non. 223, 2: in provinciam, Cic. Phil. 11, 12 (so Ov. M. 7, 155: somnus in ignotos oculos): ex Hyperboreis Delphos, Cic. N. D. 3, 23: est quiddam, advenientem non esse peregrinum atque hospitem, id. Att. 6, 3; Verg. A. 10, 346; Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 41.—With simple acc.: Tyriam urbem, Verg. A. 1, 388: unde hos advenias labores, Stat. Th. 5, 47 (whether in Tac. A. 1, 18, properantibus Blaesus advenit, the first word is a dat., as Rudd. II. p. 135, supposes, or an abl. absol., may still be doubted).—Also with sup.: tentatum advenis, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 41; so id. ib. 2, 3, 13.—
II. Transf.
A. Poet., in adding an entire thought as an amplification of what precedes (for accedo, q. v.): praeter enim quam quod morbis cum corporis aegret, Advenit id quod eam de rebus saepe futuris Macerat, etc., beside that it often suffers with the body itself, this often occurs, that it is itself tormented in regard to the future, etc., Lucr. 3, 825.—
B. In the perf., the act of coming being considered as completed, to have come, i. e. to be somewhere, to be present (v. adventus, B.; cf. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 2, 27); of time: mterea dies advenit, quo die, etc., appeared, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 15; so, ubi dies advenit, Sall. J. 113, 5: advenit proficiscendi hora, Tac. H. 4, 62: tempus meum nondum advenit, Vulg. Joan. 7, 6.—
C. To come into one's possession, to accrue, Sall. J. 111; cf. Liv. 45, 19 med.—
D. To come by conveyance, to be brought; of a letter: advenere litterae (for allatae sunt), Suet. Vesp. 7.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinadveniō

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷəniō Latin veniō Latin adveniō From ad- (“toward”) + veniō (“come”).

Descendants
  • Catalanavenir
  • Catalanadvenir
  • Englishadvene
  • Englishadvent
  • Englishadventure
  • Frenchadvenir
  • Frenchavenir
  • Frenchaveindre
  • Italianavvenire
  • Portugueseadvir

Quick answers

What does adveniō mean in Latin?
adveniō, a verb, means “to come to, to arrive”.
What are the principal parts of adveniō?
adveniō, advenīre, advēnī, adventum (fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive).
How do you pronounce adveniō?
In classical Latin, [adˈwɛ.ni.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [adˈvɛː.ni.o].
Where does adveniō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin adveniō.