verbfourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive
ēveniō
ēveniō (present infinitive ēvenīre, perfect active ēvēnī, supine ēventum)
Classical[eːˈwɛ.ni.oː]Ecclesiastical[eˈvɛː.ni.o]
Meaning
- impersonalintransitiveto happen, occur
quae precor ēveniant
[Those things for] which I am praying: May they happen.8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.775 - impersonalintransitiveto come forth
- impersonalintransitiveto happen to, befall (someone)
- broadlyimpersonalintransitiveto be allotted to (someone)
C. Sulpicio cui Sicilia evenerat duae legiones quas P. Cornelius habuisset decretae et supplementum de exercitu Cn. Fului, qui priore anno in Apulia foede caesus fugatusque erat.
To Gaius Sulpicius to whom Sicily was allotted two legions which Publius Cornelius had held were decided upon and reinforcements from Gnaius Fulvius’ army, which in the previous year had been shamefully defeated decisively and put to flight in Apulia27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 26.1
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Accidere · Evenire · Contigere · Obvenire · Obtingere
Accidere and evenire denote both favorable and unfavorable occurrences; but the accidentia, unexpected ones, overtaking us by surprise; the evenientia were expected, foreseen; contingere, obvenire, obtingere, are generally confined to fortunate occurrences. The accidentia are fortuitous, the evenientia result from foregoing acts or circumstances; the contingentia are the favors of Fortune; the obtingentia and obvenientia are the things that fall to one’s lot. Cic. Fam. vi. 21. Timebam, ne evenirent, quæ acciderunt: the word evenirent has a subjective reference to his foresight, the word acciderunt is entirely objective; the point of view taken by it being that of those who now manifest surprise. See also Tac. H. iv. 19, and Sen. Ep. 119. Scies plura mala contingere nobis quam accidere. (v. 339.)
Conjugation conjugation 4
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | ēveniō | ēveniēbam | ēveniam | ēvēnī | ēvēneram | ēvēnerō |
| 2nd sg. | ēvenīs | ēveniēbās | ēveniēs | ēvēnistī | ēvēnerās | ēvēneris |
| 3rd sg. | ēvenit | ēveniēbat | ēveniet | ēvēnit | ēvēnerat | ēvēnerit |
| 1st pl. | ēvenīmus | ēveniēbāmus | ēveniēmus | ēvēnimus | ēvēnerāmus | ēvēnerimus |
| 2nd pl. | ēvenītis | ēveniēbātis | ēveniētis | ēvēnistis | ēvēnerātis | ēvēneritis |
| 3rd pl. | ēveniunt | ēveniēbant | ēvenient | ēvēnērunt ēvēnēre | ēvēnerant | ēvēnerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | ēveniam | ēvenīrem | ēvēnerim | ēvēnissem |
| 2nd sg. | ēveniās | ēvenīrēs | ēvēnerīs | ēvēnissēs |
| 3rd sg. | ēveniat | ēvenīret | ēvēnerit | ēvēnisset |
| 1st pl. | ēveniāmus | ēvenīrēmus | ēvēnerīmus | ēvēnissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | ēveniātis | ēvenīrētis | ēvēnerītis | ēvēnissētis |
| 3rd pl. | ēveniant | ēvenīrent | ēvēnerint | ēvēnissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | ēvenītur | ēveniēbātur | ēveniētur |
| 1st pl. | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | — | — | — |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | ēveniātur | ēvenīrētur |
| 1st pl. | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | ēvenī | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | ēvenīte | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | ēvenītō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | ēvenītō | ēvenītor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | ēvenītōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | ēveniuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | ēvenīre | ēvenīrī |
| perfect infinitive | ēvēnisse | ēventum esse |
| future infinitive | ēventūrum esse | ēventum īrī |
| present participle | ēveniēns ēveniente, ēvenientem, ēvenientēs, ēvenientī, ēvenientia, ēvenientibus, ēvenientis, ēvenientīs, ēvenientium | — |
| perfect participle | — | ēventum |
| future participle | ēventūrus | ēveniendum ēveniundum, ēvenienda, ēveniendā, ēveniendae, ēveniendam, ēveniendārum, ēveniendās, ēveniende, ēveniendīs, ēveniendōrum, ēveniendōs, ēveniendus |
gerundēveniendī, ēveniendō, ēveniendumsupineēventum, ēventū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- eventum, exitum (felicem) habere
- to turn out (well); to result (satisfactorily).
ē-vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4 (
I. praes. subj. evenat, Enn. ap. Non. 507, 20; Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3; id. Mil. 4, 1, 19:
evenant, id. Ep. 3, 1, 2), v. n., to come out, come forth. I. Lit. (very rare):
merses profundo: pulchrior evenit, Hor. C. 4, 4, 65: tota arundo serius praedicto tempore evenit, comes up, grows up, Col. 4, 32, 2: sine modo rus eveniat, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 1: Capuam, id. Rud. 3, 2, 17; cf.: evenit sermo Samuelis Israeli, Vulg. 1 Reg. 3, 21.—Far more freq. and class., II. Trop.
A. In gen., to fall out, come to pass, happen; and with alicui, to befall, happen to, betide one (v. 2. accido, II., and 1. contingo, II. B. 3. b.):
in hominum aetate multa eveniunt hujusmodi, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 57 sq.; cf.: maxime id in rebus publicis evenit, Cic. Rep. 1, 44: timebam, ne evenirent ea, quae acciderunt, id. Fam. 6, 21; cf. id. Planc. 6, 15; Sall. C. 51, 26: quid homini potest turpius, quid viro miserius aut acerbius usu venire? quod tantum evenire dedecus? Cic. Quint. 15, 49: quem (sc. tyrannum) si optimates oppresserunt, quod ferme evenit, habet, etc., id. Rep. 1, 42; cf.: quod evenit saepius, id. ib.: quod plerumque evenit, id. ib.; 2, 28 fin.: hoc in hac conformatione rei publicae non sine magnis principum vitiis evenit, id. ib. 1, 45 fin.: ut alia Tusculi, alia Romae eveniat saepe tempestas, id. Div. 2, 45: quota enim quaeque res evenit praedicta ab istis? aut si evenit quippiam: quid afferri potest, cur non casu id evenerit? id. ib. 2, 24, 52: ubi pax evenerat, had been concluded, Sall. C. 9, 3 et saep.: vereor, ne idem eveniat in meas litteras, that the same thing will happen to my letter, Cic. Fam. 2, 10.—Impers., it happens (cf.: accidit, incidit, contigit, obtingit, fit), with ut: evenit, senibus ambobus simul Iter ut esset, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 15; so Cic. Inv. 1, 35; Brutus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 224; Quint. 1, 5, 28; 2, 12, 5 et saep.; with quod, Enn. ap. Non. 507, 20 (cf. 2. accido): ob id, quod furtum fecit servus, evenit, quo minus eum habere domino liceat, Dig. 30, 1, 45.—With dat.: illi divitiae evenerunt maxumae, Plaut. Men. prol. 67; cf.: damna evenerunt maxuma misero mihi, id. Stich. 1, 3, 56: merito sibi ea evenerunt a me, id. Capt. 2, 3, 55: cum mihi nihil improviso evenisset, Cic. Rep. 1, 4: quibus (improbis) utinam ipsis evenissent ea, quae tum homines precabantur! id. Sest. 33; cf. id. Fin. 1, 16, 53 et saep.: L. Genucio consuli ea provincia sorte evenit, fell to, Liv. 7, 6; in the same sense without sorte, Sall. J. 35, 3; Liv. 2, 40 fin.; 9, 41 et saep.: si quid sibi eveniret, if any thing should happen to himself, euphemist. for if he should die, Suet. Caes. 86 Ruhnk.; Vop. Prob. 6 fin.; cf.: si in Pompeio quid humani evenisset, Sall. H. Fragm. 5, 8, p. 244 ed. Gerl. (v. 2. accido, II.).—B. In partic., to proceed, follow, result (as a consequence) from any thing; to turn out, issue, end in any way (cf. evado, I. B. 2.; evado is used both of persons and things, but evenio only of things):
eventus est alicujus exitus negotii, in quo quaeri solet, quid ex quaque re evenerit, eveniat, eventurum sit, etc., Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 42: ut nobis haec habitatio bona, fausta, felix fortunataque eveniat, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3: quae (auspicia) sibi secunda evenerint, Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27 (al. secunde); cf. Suet. Vit. 9: cuncta prospera eventura, Sall. J. 63, 1; cf. Liv. 21, 21; 37, 47: quoniam quae occulte tentaverat, aspera foedaque evenerant (opp. prospere cessere), Sall. C. 26 fin. Kritz.; cf.: si adversa pugna evenisset, Liv. 8, 31: ut ea res mihi magistratuique bene atque feliciter eveniret, Cic. Mur. 1; so, bene ac feliciter, Liv. 31, 5; cf. feliciter, * Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 3: prospere, Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2 (with cadere); so, prospere, Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 66 fin.; Liv. 9, 19: bene, Sall. J. 92, 3; cf.: male istis eveniat, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 39: vides omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse, Cic. Div. 2, 24 fin.; cf.: quod si fors aliter quam voles evenerit, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 37: si quid praeter spem evenit, Ter. And. 2, 6, 5; id. Ad. 5, 3, 29; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 16; 21: quoniam haec evenerunt nostra ex sententia, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 89; cf. Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 17; id. Hec. 5, 4, 32: istaec blanda dicta quo eveniant, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 48; so, quo, id. ib. 1, 2, 52; id. Bacch. 1, 2, 36; cf. quorsum, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 118.—Hence, ēventum, i, n. (acc. to evenio, II.). A. An occurrence, chance, event.
1. In gen. (rare):
semper me causae eventorum magis movent quam ipsa eventa, Cic. Att. 9, 5, 2: plurimorum seculorum et eventorum memoria, id. Rep. 3, 9, 14: si cujusque facti et eventi causa ponetur, id. Part. Or. 9, 32.—2. In Lucr. opp. conjunctum, of the external conditions, or accidents, of persons and things (as poverty, riches, freedom, etc.), Lucr. 1, 450; 458; 467; 470 al.—
3. Alicujus, that which befalls one, experience, fortune:
ei qui sciunt quid aliis acciderit, facile ex aliorum eventis suis rationibus possunt providere, Auct. Her. 4, 9, 13: ut te ex nostris eventis communibus admonendum putarem, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 9: fabula rerum eventorumque nostrorum, id. ib. 5, 12, 6: cui omnia pendere ex alterius eventis coguntur, id. Tusc. 5, 12, 36: plures aliorum eventis docentur, Tac. A. 4, 33.—B. The issue, consequence, result, effect of an action (cf.: exitus, eventus, successus, obitus, occasus), freq. in Cic., usually plur.:
consilia eventis ponderare, Cic. Rab. Post. 1; so opp. facta, id. Pis. 41; Fragm. ap. Non. 204, 6; opp. causae, id. Div. 1, 6 fin.; id. Top. 18: quorum praedicta quotidie videat re et eventis refelli, id. Div. 2, 47 fin.—In sing., Cic. Att. 3, 8, 4.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ē-veniō vēnī, ventus, īre,
to come out, come forth: Merses profundo, pulchrior evenit, H.— Fig., to fall out, come to pass, happen, befall, betide: si tibi evenerit quod metuis ne accidat: ut alia Romae eveniat saepe tempestas: ubi pax evenerat, had been concluded, S.: ne idem eveniat in meas litteras, befall: Genucio ea provincia sorte evēnit, fell to, L.: tibi hoc incommodum evenisse iter, has been a hardship, T.—Impers, it happens: evēnit, senibus ambobus simul Iter ut esset, T.: forte evēnit ut ruri essemus: at tibi contra Evenit, ut, etc., H. — To proceed, follow, result, turn out, issue, end (of things): quorsum eventurum hoc siet, T.: ex sententiā, T.: (auspicia) sibi secunda evenerint: cuncta prospera eventura, S.: mihi feliciter: bene, S.: contra ac dicta sint.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinēveniō
Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷəniō Latin veniō Latin ēveniō From ex- (“out of”) + veniō (“come”).
Descendants
- Englishevene
- Italianevenire
- Romanianeveni
In English words that came into English from ēveniō
- eventēventus
- eventuateēventus
- eventuationēventus