LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation, no passive

adventō

adventō (present infinitive adventāre, perfect active adventāvī, supine adventātum)
Classical[adˈwɛn.toː]Ecclesiastical[adˈvɛn.to]

Meaning

  1. intransitiveto come continually nearer to a point, approach, arrive at, press forward, march on, come to, draw near

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.adventōadventābamadventābōadventāvīadventāveramadventāverō
2nd sg.adventāsadventābāsadventābisadventāvistīadventāverāsadventāveris
3rd sg.adventatadventābatadventābitadventāvitadventāveratadventāverit
1st pl.adventāmusadventābāmusadventābimusadventāvimusadventāverāmusadventāverimus
2nd pl.adventātisadventābātisadventābitisadventāvistisadventāverātisadventāveritis
3rd pl.adventantadventābantadventābuntadventāvērunt
adventāvēre
adventāverantadventāverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.adventemadventāremadventāverimadventāvissem
2nd sg.adventēsadventārēsadventāverīsadventāvissēs
3rd sg.adventetadventāretadventāveritadventāvisset
1st pl.adventēmusadventārēmusadventāverīmusadventāvissēmus
2nd pl.adventētisadventārētisadventāverītisadventāvissētis
3rd pl.advententadventārentadventāverintadventāvissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.adventā—
pres. 2nd pl.adventāte—
fut. 2nd sg.adventātō—
fut. 3rd sg.adventātō—
fut. 2nd pl.adventātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.adventantō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveadventāre—
perfect infinitiveadventāvisse—
future infinitiveadventātūrum esse—
present participleadventāns—
future participleadventātūrus
adventātūra, adventātūrā, adventātūrae, adventātūram, adventātūrārum, adventātūrās, adventātūre, adventātūrī, adventātūrīs, adventātūrō, adventātūrōrum, adventātūrōs, adventātūrum
—
gerundadventandī, adventandō, adventandumsupineadventātum, adventātū

advento, āvi, ātum, 1,
I. v. freq. [id.], to come continually nearer to a point (cotidianis itineribus accedere et appropinquare, Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 2, 6 init.), to come on, to approach, to arrive at or come to (esp. with the access. idea of speed, haste; only a few times in Cic., and never in his orations; in the histt. used esp. of the advance of the enemy's army in military order, and the like, cf. Herz. ad Auct. B. G. 8, 20; hence without the signif. of a hostile attack, which adoriri and aggredi have); constr. absol., with adv., prepp., the dat., or acc., cf. Rudd. II. p. 136.
(a). Absol.: multi alii adventant, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 15 (Trag. v. 73 Vahl.): te id admonitum advento, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 24: quod jam tempus adventat, advances with rapid strides, Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199: adventans senectus, id. Sen. 1, 2: tu adventare ac prope adesse jam debes, id. Att. 4. 17: Caesar adventare, jam jamque adesse ejus equites falso nuntiabantur, Caes. B. C. 1, 14; Auct. B. G. 8, 20.—
(b). With adv. of place: quo cum adventaret, etc., Auct. B. G. 8, 26.—
(g). With prepp.: ad Italiam, Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1: ad urbem, Verg. A. 11, 514: sub ipsam finem, id. ib. 5, 428: in subsidium, Tac. A. 14, 32.—
(d). With dat.: adventante fatali urbi clade, Liv. 5, 33: accipiendo Armeniae regno adventabat, Tac. A. 16, 23: portis, Stat. Th. 11, 20, 2.—(ε) With acc. (cf. advenio): propinqua Seleuciae adventabat, Tac. A. 6, 44: barbaricos pagos ad ventans, Amm. 14, 10; so of name of town: postquam Romam adventabant, Sall. J. 28.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷəniō Latin veniō Latin adveniō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin adventō From adveniō (“arrive”) + -tō.

Descendants
  • Italianavventare
  • Sicilianabbintari

Quick answers

What does adventō mean in Latin?
adventō, a verb, means “to come continually nearer to a point, approach, arrive at, press forward, march on, come to, draw near”.
What are the principal parts of adventō?
adventō, adventāre, adventāvī, adventātum (first conjugation, no passive).
How do you pronounce adventō?
In classical Latin, [adˈwɛn.toː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [adˈvɛn.to].
Where does adventō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin adventō.