LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

ēventus

ēventus m (genitive ēventūs)
Classical[eːˈwɛn.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[eˈvɛn.tus]

Meaning

  1. event, occurrence, reality
  2. outcome, consequence, result

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeēventusēventūs
genitiveēventūsēventuum
dativeēventuīēventibus
accusativeēventumēventūs
ablativeēventūēventibus
vocativeēventusēventūs

ēventus, ūs, m. evenio, II..
I. An occurrence, accident, event; fortune, fate, lot (rare but class.): mihi a peritis in Asia praedictum est, fore eos eventus rerum qui acciderunt, Cic. Div. 1, 28: in incerto reliqui temporis eventu, id. Quint. 26, 83; Tac. Agr. 22; id. A. 2, 26: maerere hoc ejus (sc. Scipionis) eventu, vereor ne invidi magis quam amici sit, Cic. Lael. 4, 14: militum, Liv. 7, 26; cf. id. 7, 8; 8, 7 al.: navium suarum, Caes. B. G. 4, 31: patriae, Liv. 33, 48 et saep.: quid reliquis acciderit, qui quosque eventus exciperent, Caes. B. C. 1, 21 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 5 fin.—Far more freq.,
II. The (lucky or unlucky) issue, consequence, result of an action (for syn. cf.: eventum, exitus, successus), in sing. and plur.: eventus est alicujus exitus negotii, Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 42: in rebus magnis memoriaque dignis consilia primum, deinde acta, postea eventus exspectantur, id. de Or. 2, 15, 63: etiam amplissimorum virorum consilia ex eventu, non ex voluntate a plerisque probari solent, Balbus et Oppius ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7 A: sceleris est poena tristis, et praeter eos eventus, qui sequuntur, per se ipsa maxima est, Cic. Leg. 2, 17, 43 et saep.: semper ad eventum festinat (poëta), to the end, issue, event, Hor. A. P. 148: interim rei eventum experiri, Caes. B. G. 3, 3 fin.; so with gen.: belli, id. ib. 6, 42, 1; id. B. C. 1, 53 fin.; 2, 32, 10: pugnae, id. B. G. 7, 49 fin.: ejus diei, id. B. C. 3, 96, 1: orationis, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 120: dicendi, id. ib. 1, 27, 123 et saep.— Prov.: eventus docet ... stultorum iste magister est, Liv. 22, 39.—
B. Esp., good fortune, success: egi ego pro Vareno non sine eventu, Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 2: atque illi modo cauti prompti post eventum ac magniloqui erant, Tac. Agr. 27: cf.: satis jam eventuum, satis casuum, id. A. 2, 26.—
C. Personified: Bonus Eventus, Good Success, a guardian deity of the Roman husbandmen, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 77; Inscr. Orell. 1780 sq.; in the dat. also: BONO EVENTO, ib. 1783; cf.: DEO SANCTO EVENTO, ib. 1785.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinēventus

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷəniō Latin veniō Latin ēveniō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin ēventus From ēveniō (“to happen, to occur”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs).

Descendants
  • Catalanevent
  • Italianevento
  • Portugueseevento
  • Spanishevento
  • Piedmonteseevent

Quick answers

What does ēventus mean in Latin?
ēventus, a noun, means “event, occurrence, reality; outcome, consequence, result”.
What is the genitive of ēventus?
The genitive singular is ēventūs. ēventus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce ēventus?
In classical Latin, [eːˈwɛn.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eˈvɛn.tus].
Where does ēventus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin ēventus.