Avaricum Avārĭcum, i, n., a large and fortified town of the Bituriges, in Gaul, now Bourges, in the Dép. du Cher, Caes. B. G. 7, 13; 7, 31; 7, 47. Hence, Avārĭcensis, e, adj., of or pertaining to Avaricum: praemia,Caes. B. G. 7, 47.
avariter ăvārĭter, adv., v. avarus fin.
avaritia ăvārĭtĭa, ae, f.avarus, a greedy desire for possessions, greediness, avarice, covetousness (opp. abstinentia, Suet. Dom. 9; periphrastically, pecuniae cupiditas,id. Vesp. 16; syn.: aviditas, cupido). Lit.: Est autem avaritia opinatio vehemens de pecuniā, quasi valde expetenda sit, inhaerens et penitus insita,Cic. Tusc. 4, 11, 26: avaritia est injuriosa appetitio alienorum, Auct. ad Her. 4, 25: avaritiam si tollere voltis, mater ejus est tollenda luxuries,Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 171: avaritia hians et imminens,
a gaping and eager avarice
,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54: pueris talorum nucumque avaritia est: viris auri argentique et urbium,Sen. Const. 12: avaritiae (sc. nimiae parsimoniae) singulos increpans,Suet. Calig. 39 et saep. In plur.: omnes avaritiae,
every kind of selfishness
,Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75. Transf., of eagerness for food, gluttony: Quam siquis avidus poscit escam avariter, Decipitur in transennā avaritia sua,Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 13. Trop.: avaritia gloriae, eager desire for renown or glory, Curt. 9, 2.
avarities ăvārĭtĭes, ēi, f., for avaritia, avarice: avarities et honorum caeca cupido,Lucr. 3, 59; and besides perh. only Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 185; v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 372.
avarus ăvārus, a, um, adj. (gen. plur. fem. avarūm, Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 9 dub.; Speng., aurum) [1. aveo, Gell. 10, 5, 13], eagerly desirous of something, esp. of possessions, avaricious, covetous, greedy (opp. largus, Quadrig. ap. Non. p. 510, 20: avarum et avidum ita discernuntur: avarum semper in reprehensione est; avidum autem malis aliquando, aliquando bonis adjungitur,Non. p. 442, 12 sq.; v. II.; syn.: avidus, cupidus, tenax, sordidus). Lit.: meretrix,Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 5, and Cat. 110, 7; cf.: Carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,Tib. 3, 1, 7: leno,Ter. Heaut. prol. 39: avarus et furax homo,Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 268: semper avarus eget,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 56: quantum discordet parcus avaro,id. ib. 2, 2, 194. With gen.: publicae pecuniae,Tac. H. 1, 49: caedis,Claud. B. Get. 606 et saep. Poet. transf. to inanimate things: fuge litus avarum,Verg. A. 3, 44 ( = avarorum, Serv.): Troja, i. e. with reference to the perjured avarice of Laomedon,Ov. M. 11, 208 (cf.: perjura Troja,Verg. A. 5, 811; Ov. M. 11, 215): fraus,Hor. C. 4, 9, 37: spes,id. ib. 4, 11, 25: venter,id. Ep. 1, 15, 32: mare,id. C. 3, 29, 61: Acheron. Verg. G. 2, 492: ignis,Prop. 3, 26, 10 al.Transf., in the poets sometimes without the access. idea of reproach: Graiis praeter laudem nullius avaris, eager only for glory, Hor.A.P.324: agricola,Verg. G. 1, 48. Comp.: avariores magistratus,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82: ruberes, Viveret in terris te si quis avarior uno,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 157. Sup.: homo avarissime et spurcissime,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 37. Adv., covetously, greedily, avariciously, etc. Ante-class. form ăvārĭter, Cato and Quadrig. ap. Non. p. 510, 17: ingurgitare,Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 35. Of gluttony: si quis avidus poscit escam avariter,Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 12; cf. avaritia, II. Class. form ăvārē: avare pretium statui arti meae,Ter. Heaut. prol. 48: aliquid facere,Cic. Off. 3, 8, 37; Nep. Lys. 4, 1: superbe avareque imperitare victis,Liv. 21, 1, 3; cf. Curt. 4, 7. Comp., more eagerly, more greedily: avarius exigere opus,Col. 1, 7, 1. Sup.: avarissime horas suas servare,Sen. Ot. Sap. 32.
avello ā-vello, velli or vulsi, vulsum or volsum, 3, v. a. (pluperf. avellerat, Curt. 5, 6, 5; perf. avulsi, Luc. 9, 764), to tear off or away, to pull or rend off (syn.: abripio, eximo). In gen. (class.): avellere tigna trabesque,
avena ăvēna, ae, f.v. 1. aveo init.; orig. nourishment. Oats; and specif., common oats, Gr. βρόμος: Avena sativa, Linn.; Verg. G. 1, 77; Col. 2, 10, 32; Hor. S. 2, 6, 84.Wild or barren oats, a weed, Gr. αἰγίλωψ: Avena fatua, Linn.; Cato, R. R. 37, 4; Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 91; Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 154; Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 149. In gen. Any stem or stalk of grass or grain, a straw, etc.: (linum) tam gracili avenā. Plin. 19, 1, 1, § 5; 24, 18, 103, § 168. Used for a shepherd's pipe, Ov. M. 8, 192.Poet., a shepherd's pipe, reed-pipe: Silvestrem tenui Musam meditaris avenā,Verg. E. 1, 2: perlucenti cantus meditabar avenā,Tib. 3, 4, 71: est modulatus avenā Carmen,id. 2, 1, 53: pastor junctis pice cantat avenis, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 25: et structis cantat avenis,id. M. 1, 677: Angustā cantare licet videaris avenā, Dum tua multorum vincat avena tubas,Mart. 8, 3 fin.
avenaceus ăvēnācĕus, a, um, adj.avena, of oats, oaten: farina,
Avenio Avĕnĭo (Avennĭo, Tab. Peut., and Avĕnĭon), ōnis, f., = Αὐενιὡν, a town in Gallia Narbonensis, now Avignon, Mel. 2, 5, 2; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 36; cf. Mann. Gall. p. 94.
avens ăvens, entis, v. 1. aveo, II.
aventer ăventer, adv., v. 1. aveo, fin.
Aventinus Ăventīnus, i, m. (Sc. mons.) The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Mount; until the reign of Ancus Marcius, without the city proper, Cic. Rep. 2, 18; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14; Gell. 13, 4. The origin of the name is uncertain; acc. to Liv. 1, 3, 9, it was named from Aventinus, an Alban king buried there; other etymologies are given by Varr. L. L. 5, § 43 Müll.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 657, where, beside the etymologies given and referred to, another is given from Varro; cf. Creuz, Antiq. p. 23 sq.; Smith, Dict. Antiq. Neutr.: Aventī-num, i, Liv. 1, 33, 1 and 5; 21, 62, 8. Hence, The adjj., Ăventīnus, a, um, of Mount Aventine: cacumen,Ov. F 4, 816: jugum,id. ib. 3, 884: arx,id. ib. 6, 728: humus,id. ib. 6, 82: Remus, because he consulted the auspices there (therefore its summit was called Remuria; v. Remurinus),Prop. 5, 1, 50: Diana, because she had there an ancient and very distinguished temple,id. 5, 8, 29; cf. Hor. C. S. 69; Mart. 12, 18, 3; 7, 73, 1.Ăven-tīnensis (Fest. s. v. nesi, p. 165 Müll.) or Ăventīnĭensis (Val. Max. 7, 3, 1), e, of or belonging to Mount Aventine: Diana, who had a temple upon the Aventine Hill A son of Hercules, Verg. A. 7, 657.
aveo ăvĕo, ēre, v. a.from Sanscr. av, to love, to wish; to satisfy one's self, to be content, to do or fare well, to wish, desire earnestly, to long for, crave (syn.: volo, cupio): avere nihil aliud est quam cupere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 14 Müll.: ab ludis animus atque aures avent Avide exspectantes nuntium, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 70 (Trag. v. 70 Vahl.). Constr. with inf., acc., and absol. With inf.: te imitari aveo,Lucr. 3, 6: Illud in his quoque te rebus cognoscere avemus,id. 2, 216: res exponere,id. 4, 778: rationem reddere,id. 3, 259: discedere aventes,id. 4, 1203: Non est mihi tempus aventi Ponere signa novis praeceptis,Hor. S. 2, 4, 1; 2, 6, 99: propiusque accedere aventi figere pectora,Ov. M. 2, 503: valde aveo scire quid agas,Cic. Att. 1, 15; 2, 18; id. Fin. 2, 14, 46; id. Off. 1, 4, 13; id. Div. 1, 6, 11: Jam mens praetrepidans avet vagari,Cat. 46, 7: avet (ara) spargier agno,Hor. C. 4, 11, 7: ipsum L. Paulum omnium oculi conspicere urbem curru ingredientem avent,Liv. 45, 39, 8; 33, 32, 8; Col. 3, 21, 6: avebat animus antire statimque memorare exitus,Tac. A. 4, 71; 12, 36. With acc.: quia semper aves quod abest, praesentia temnis,Lucr. 3, 957; so id. 3, 1082; 3, 1083: parto, quod avebas,Hor. S. 1, 1, 94: aveo genus legationis ut, etc.,Cic. Att. 15, 11 fin. (acc. to conj. of Gronov.; so B. and K.; v. Orell. ad h. l.); Sil. 9, 371.Absol.: Et mora, quae fluvios passim refrenat aventes,
which restrains the eager river
,Lucr. 6, 531, where Lachm. and Munro read euntīs: Talem dira sibi scelerisque dolique ministram Quaerit avens,Val. Fl. 2, 123; Aur. Vict. Caes. 3. Avens = libens, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7. ăventer, adv., eagerly, earnestly (post - class.), Sid. Ep. 2, 2; v. Amm. 18, 5 and 19.
aveo ăvĕo (or, acc. to Quint. 1, 6, 21, hă-vĕo; cf. Spald. ad l. l. and Schneid. Gr. 1, p. 185), ēre, v. n.v. 1. aveo init., to be or fare well; except once in Mamert., used only in the imper. ave, aveto, avete, and inf. avere, as a form of salutation, both at meeting and separating, like salve and χαῖρε (hence, Fest. p. 13 explains it by gaudeo). In gen., Hail! God bless thee, farewell! adieu (prob. not used by Cic.): Caesar simulatque, Have, mihi dixit, statim exposuit, i. e. had saluted me, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 4: numquam dicis Ave, sed reddis etc.,Mart. 3, 95, 1: Ave! gratiā plena, Dominus tecum!Vulg. Luc. 1, 28: Jesus occurrit illis dicens Avete!ib. Matt. 28, 9. In mock homage (eccl. Lat.): dixit Ave! Rabbi,Vulg. Matt. 26, 49; 27, 29; ib. Marc. 15, 18; ib. Joan. 19, 3. Haveto at the end of a letter, Cato ap. Sall. C. 35, 6; and Ave at the beginning, August. ap. Gell. 15, 7, 3: Marcus avere jubet,Mart. 3, 5, 10 al. Esp. As a morning greeting (diff. from vale, a greeting at separating in the evening; cf. Suet. Galb. 4: ut liberti servique mane salvere, vesperi valere sibi singuli dicerent): et matutinum portat ineptus ave,Mart. 1, 56, 6; 1, 56, 109fin.; 4, 79, 4; 7, 39, 2. As a farewell to the dead, = vale: Atque in perpetuom, frater, ave atque vale, *Cat. 101, 10; and so frequently in inscriptions,Inscr. Orell. 2663; 4732; 4734; 4735; 4742. But in Martial avere is distinguished, as a greeting to the living, from valere, a greeting to the dead: Jam satis est, Afer: non vis avere: vale!Mart. 9, 7, 4. And thus the ambiguity of avere in the anecdote in Suet. Claud. 21 is to be explained: Emissurus (Claudius) Fucinum lacum naumachiam ante commisit. Sed cum proclamantibus naumachiariis, Ave (farewell), Imperator, morituri te salutant: respondisset, Avete vos (i. e. as dying), neque post hanc vocem, quasi venia data (since they interpreted the exclamation as live!), quisquam dimicare vellet, etc. As a mere expression of goodwill (eccl. Lat.): nec Ave ei dixeritis,
nor bid him God-speed
,Vulg. 2 Joan. 10, 11.!*? As finite verb: aveo plane Imperator et avebo... cum is avere jubeat, qui jam fecit, ut averem, Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Julian.
,id. 6, 830. But esp. Avernus lacus or absol. Avernus, Lake Avernus, near Cumœ, Puteoli, and Baiœ, almost entirely enclosed by steep and wooded hills (now Lago Averno), whose deadly exhalations killed the birds flying over it; therefore the myth placed near it the entrance to the lower world, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Lucr. 6, 746; Verg. A. 6, 201 al.; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 718 sq.; Heyne, Excurs. II. ad Verg. A. 6. The renowned Cumæan Sibyl also dwelt in a grotto near it. Poet., the lower world, the infernal regions, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 27; Luc. 6, 636; Mart. 7, 46 al. Also = Acheron: pigri sulcator Averni,Stat. Th. 11, 588. Personified as a deity, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 164. Hence, Another adj.: Ăvernus, a, um. Belonging to Lake Avernus: luci,Verg. A. 6, 118; 6, 564: valles,Ov. M. 10, 51: freta,
averro ā-verro, verri, ĕre, v. a., to sweep or brush off or away; hence, in gen., to take away, Licin. Macer. ap. Prisc. p. 900 P.
averrunco ā-verrunco, āre, v. n., a very ancient word, peculiar to the lang. of religion, to avert, remove: uti calamitates intemperiasque prohibessis, defendas averruncesque,Cato, R. R. 141, 2: di averruncent, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 2, A.: quorum (prodigiorum) averruncandorum causā supplicationes senatus decrevit,Liv. 10, 23, 1; 8, 6, 11: haec procul a nobis averruncetur amentia,Arn. 1, p. 18. So in the old Optat. form averruncassint = averruncent, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 102 Müll.; in Paul. ex Fest. s. v. verruncent, p. 373 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 90 Rib.; by Non. p. 74, 23, erroneously ascribed to Lucilius); and in the very ancient inf. fut.: possum ego istam capite cladem averruncassere, Pac. ap. Non. p. 74, 25 (Trag. Rel. p. 106 Rib.).
Averruncus Āverruncus, i, m.averrunco, an averting deity: avertendo Averruncare, ut deus, qui eis rebus praeest, Averruncus,Varr. L. L. 7, § 102 Müll.; cf.: In istis diis, quos placari oportet, uti mala a nobis vel a frugibus natis amoliantur, Av[er]uncus quoque habetur Robigus,Gell. 5, 12, 14 Hertz.
aversabilis āversābĭlis, e, adj.aversor, that before which one is obliged to turn away, abominable: scelus,Lucr. 6, 390: foeditas,Arn. 7, p. 249.
aversatio āversātĭo, ōnis, f.id., a turning of one's self away, aversion (post-Aug. and rare): tacita aversatio,Quint. 8, 3, 65: alienorum processuum,Sen. Tranq. 2 med.
aversatrix āversātrīx, īcis, f.id., she that turns away from, abominates: crudelitatis,Tert. Anim. 51.
aversio āversĭo, ōnis, f.id.. a turning away; only in the adverb. phrases, Ex aversione, from behind: illi de praesidio insecuti ex aversione legatos jugulārunt, Auct. B. Hisp. 22 Moeb. In the Latin of the jurists: per aversionem or aversione emere, vendere, locare, etc., to buy, sell, etc., something, with a turning away, turned away, i. e. without accurate reckoning, in the gross, by the lot, Dig. 18, 6, 4; 18, 1, 62; 14, 2, 10; 19, 2, 36; 14, 1, 1 al. In rhet., a turning away, a figure by which the orator turns the attention of his hearers from the theme before them, a kind of apostrophe (e. g. Cic. Cael. 1; id. Rosc. Am. 49; Verg. A. 4, 425), Quint. 9, 2, 39; Aquil. Rom. 9, p. 102 Ruhnk. Frotsch.Trop., aversion, loathing (post-class.): non metu mortis se patriam deserere, sed Deorum coactum aversione, Dictys, Bell. Troj. 4, 18: aversione stomachorum di laborant,Arn. 7, p. 231.
aversor āversor, ātus, 1, v. dep. freq. [id.], to turn one's self from, to turn away (from displeasure, contempt, loathing, shame, etc.). In gen.: nulla vis tormentorum acerrimorum praetermittitur; aversari advocati et jam vix ferre posse,Cic. Clu. 63, 177: haerere homo, aversari, rubere,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76 fin. Esp.: aliquem or aliquid, to turn away a person or thing from one's self, to send away, repulse, reject, refuse, decline, shun, avoid: filium (consul) aversatus,i. e.
aversor āversor, ōris, m.id., a thief, pilferer, embezzler (cf. averto, I. B.): pecuniae publicae,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 152.
aversus āversus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from averto.
averta āverta, ae, f., = ἀορτής, a portmanteau or saddle-bags (in pure Lat., mantica; cf. Acron. ad Hor. p. 1, 6, 106), Cod. Th. 8, 5, 47; Imp. Leo Cod. 12, 51 al.
avertarius āvertārĭus, ii, m.averta (sc. equus), a horse that bears the averta, Cod. Th. 8, 5, 22, § 1.
averto ā-verto (arch. -vorto; in MSS. also abverto; cf. ab init.), ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn something away from a place, to avert, turn off, remove, etc. (opp. adverto). Lit. In gen. Constr. aliquem ab or with the simple abl.; the limit designated by in with acc. (more rarely by ad): ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham,Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76: Jup. Te volo, uxor, conloqui. Quor ted avortisti? Alc. Est ita ingenium meum: Inimicos semper osa sum optuerier,id. Am. 3, 2, 18: (M. Lepidus) Antonio diadema Caesari imponente se avertit,Cic. Phil. 5, 14; id. Balb. 5, 11: aliquid ab oculis,id. N. D. 2, 56, 141: nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus,
turn off
,id. ib. 2, 60, 152; so Liv. 41, 11, 3: quod iter ab Arari Helvetii averterant,had turned aside their march fromCaes. B. G. 1, 16 et saep.: locis seminis ic tum,Lucr. 4, 1273: Italiā Teucrorum regem,Verg. A. 1, 42: a ceteris omnium in se oculos,Liv. 2, 5, 6: in comitiorum disceptationem ab lege certamen,id. 3, 24, 9: ab hominibus ad deos preces,id. 6, 20, 10: se alicui, instead of ab aliquo. Col. 6, 37, 10. And poet. with acc.: quo regnum Italiae Libycas averteret oras,Verg. A. 4, 106. With dat.: Quod mihi non patrii poterant avertere amici,Prop. 4, 24, 9; so Val. Fl. 3, 491. Also without an antecedent ab (since this is included in the verb) with in with acc.: in fugam classem, Liv 22, 19, 11: dissipatos in fugam,id. 34, 15, 2; hence absol.: mille acies avertit avertetque (sc. in fugam),
put to flight
,id. 9, 19, 17.Pass. in mid. signif. with the acc., in the Greek manner, to turn away from: equus fontes avertitur,Verg. G. 3, 499 (cf. the Gr. ἀποστρέφεσθαι τὸ ὕδωρ, and aversari): oppositas impasta avertitur herbas,Stat. Th. 6, 192; Petr. 124, 248. As v. n. avertere = se avertere, to turn one's self away, to retire: ob eam causam huc abs te avorti,Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 83: ecce avortit,id. ib. 2, 2, 50: dixit et avertens roseā cervice refulsit,Verg. A. 1, 402: tum prora avertit,id. ib. 1, 104: avertit et ire in Capitolium coepit,Gell. 4, 18, 4 al.To take away, drive away, carry off, steal, embezzle, to appropriate to one's self: pecuniam publicam,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4: compertum publicam pecuniam avertisse,Tac. H. 1, 53: aliquid domum tuam,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19: praedam omnem domum avertebant,Caes. B. C. 3, 59: intellexistis innumerabilem frumenti numerum per triennium aversum a re publicā esse ereptumque aratoribus,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69 fin.: auratam Colchis pellem,
to carry off
,Cat. 64, 5: quattuor a stabulis tauros,Verg. A. 8, 208: avertere praedas,id. ib. 10, 78: carā pisces avertere mensā,Hor. S. 2, 4, 37.Trop.To turn, divert a person from a course of action, purpose, etc.: accusandi terrores et minae populi opinionem a spe adipiscendi avertunt,Cic. Mur. 21: avertant animos a spe recuperandae arcis,Liv. 9, 24, 11: qui mentem optimi viri a defensione meae salutis averterant,Cic. Sest. 31: ut nec vobis averteretur a certamine animus,Liv. 1, 28, 5: animum a pietate,id. 7, 5, 7: aliquem ab incepto avertit,id. 23, 18, 9: a philosophiā,Suet. Ner. 52. Aliquem, to turn away from one in feeling, i. e. to make averse or disinclined to, to alienate, estrange: legiones abducis a Bruto. Quas? nempe eas, quas ille a C. Antonii scelere avertit et ad rem publicam suā auctoritate traduxit,Cic. Phil. 10, 3: ipse Pompeius totum se ab ejus (sc. Caesaris) amicitiā averterat,
had quite alienated himself from
,Caes. B. C. 1, 4: civitates ab alicujus amicitiā,id. ib. 3, 79: popularium animos,Sall. J. 111, 2: futurum, uti totius Galliae animi a se averterentur,Caes. B. G. 1, 20: nobis mentem deorum,Cat. 64, 406. Hence, āver-sus, a, um, P. a.Turned off or away: aversum hostem videre nemo potuit, turned away, i. e. turned in flight, Caes. B. G. 1, 26; hence, backwards, behind, back ( = a tergo; opp. adversus), distant: et adversus et aversus impudicus es,
,Mart. 8, 62 (cf. Juv. 1, 6: liber scriptus in tergo), and so al. Trop.: milites aversi a proelio,
withdrawn from the battle
,Caes. B. C. 2, 12. Subst.: āversum, i, n., the hinder or back part, the back (as subst. only in the plur.): per aversa castrorum receptus est,Vell. 2, 63 Ruhnk.: per aversa urbis fugam dederat,Liv. 5, 29, 4: ad aversa insulae, id. 37, 27, 2: aversa montis,Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41: aversa Indiae, the back or remoter parts of India, id. 37, 8, 33, § 110. So in adverb. phrase: in aversum, backwards: Cetera animalia in aversum posterioribus pedibus quam prioribus,Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248 (Jan, in diversum): collum circum agit (lynx) in aversum,id. 11, 47, 107, § 256 (Jan, in aversum se; Sillig, in adversum). Disinclined, alienated, unfavorable, opposed, hostile, averse; constr. with ab, with dat., or absol. With ab (so most frequently in Cicero): aversus a Musis,Cic. Arch. 9, 20: aversus a vero,id. Cat. 3, 9, 21: turbidi animorum motus, aversi a ratione, et inimicissimi mentis vitaeque tranquillae,id. Tusc. 4, 15, 34: Quintus aversissimo a me animo fuit,id. Att. 11, 5 fin.; Col. 11, 1, 14: aversissimus ab istis prodigiis sum,Sen. Ep. 50. With dat.: aversus mercaturis,Hor. S. 2, 3, 107: vilicus aversus contubernio,Col. 12, 1, 2: defensioni aversior,Quint. 7, 1, 11 (but acc. to the MSS., adversior seems here to deserve the preference; so Halm; cf. Spald. and Zumpt ad h. l.).Absol.: aversa deae mens,Verg. A. 2, 170: aversa voluntas,id. ib. 12, 647: aversos soliti componere amicos,Hor. S. 1, 5, 29: aversus animus,Tac. H. 4, 80 et saep.: vultus aversior,Sen. Ira, 2, 24: aversi animis,Tac. A. 14, 26. Adv. not used.
avia ăvĭa, or in late Lat., ăva, ae, f.avus, a grandmother on the father's or the mother's side: Matres duas habet et avias duas,Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 34: anus avia,Curt. 3, 11, 25; Vulg. 2 Tim. 1, 5: avia tam paterna quam materna,Dig. 38, 10, 10: Inter avam et neptem tu mediata agas, Ven. Fort. 8, Carm. 18, 8. Meton., a prejudice, as it were, inherited from a grandmother: dum veteres avias tibi de pulmone revello,
avidus ăvĭdus, a, um, adj.1. aveo, longing eagerly for something (either lawful or unlawful),desirous, eager, earnest, greedy (diff. from avarus, q. v.). In gen., constr. with gen., in with acc., dat., or absol. With gen.: cibi,Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 16: Romani semper appetentes gloriae praeter ceteras gentes atque avidi laudis,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7: festinatio victoriae avida,id. Phil. 3, 1; so, potentiae, honoris, divitiarum,Sall. J. 15, 4: avidissimus privatae gratiae, id. H. Fr. (Orat. Cottae ad Popul. p. 245 Gerl.): turba avida novarum rerum,Liv. 1, 8, 6: avidus poenae (sc. sumendae),id. 8, 30, 13: libidinum,Hor. C. 1, 18, 11: futuri,id. A. P. 172 et saep.: belli gerundi,Sall. J. 35, 3: malefaciundi, id. H. Fr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 343 (p. 251, n. 116 Gerl.): avidior properandi,id. H. Fr. 4, 30 Gerl.: videndi,Ov. M. 10, 56 et saep. Poet. with inf. (inst. of gen. of gerund.): avidi committere pugnam,Ov. M. 5, 75: cognoscere amantem,id. ib. 10, 472: Chaos innumeros avidum confundere mundos,Luc. 6, 696 al. A. more remote gen. relation is found in Lucr.: Humanum genus est avidum nimis auricularum,
Avienus Ăvĭēnus, i, m.: Rufus Festus Avienus, a Roman poet in the last half of the fourth century, whose most distinguished work is a Metaphrasis Periegesos Dionysii, and a metaphrase of the Phœnomena of Aratus; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. pp. 128 sq. and 153; Teuffel. Rom. Lit. § 413.
avipes ăvĭ-pēs, pĕdis, adj.avis, bird-footed, swift-footed: avipedis animula leporis, Serenus ap. Mart. Cap. 5, § 518 (also in Ter. Maur. p. 2415 P., and in Mar. Vict. pp. 2546 and 2595 P.).
avis ăvis, is, f. (abl. sing. avi and ave; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 66 Müll.; Prisc. p. 765 P.; Rhem. Palaem. p. 1374 P.; Neue, Formenl. I. pp. 218, 222; in the lang. of religion, the form avi is most common; v.infra) [cf. Sanscr. vā (which may imply av), to blow (to wave); vis, a bird; Zend, vi; with which Curt. compares οἰ‐ωνός, a large bird, and Benfey αἰ‐ετός, an eagle]. Lit., a bird; or collect., the winged tribe: Liber captivos avis ferae consimilis est,Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 7: videmus novis avibus canere undique silvas,Lucr. 1, 256: arguta,Prop. 1, 18, 30: istā enim avi (sc. aquilā) volat nulla vehementius,Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144: ave ad perfugia litorum tendente,Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9; Vulg. Gen. 1, 2; ib. Deut. 4, 17; ib. Marc. 4, 32; ib. Luc. 13, 34 et saep. In Varr. once of bees: de incredibili earum avium naturā audi,Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 3. A description of birds is found ap. Plin. lib. 10; of their habits, ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 3 sq. and ap. Col. 8, 1 sq.Transf. Esp., in reference to auguries, since the Romans took their omens or auguries from birds (v. augurium and auspicium): post quam avem aspexit templo Anchises, Naev. ap. Prob. ad Verg. E. 6, 31. Hence, avis, meton., = omen a sign, omen, portent, freq. with the epithets bona, mala, sinistra ( = bona; v. sinister), adversa, etc.: liquido exeo foras Auspicio avi sinistrā,Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 2: ducam legiones meas Avi sinistrā, auspicio liquido atque ex sententiā,id. Ps. 2, 4, 72: solvere secundo rumore aversāque avi, poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29, where B. and K. read adversā: malā ducis avi domum,
Avitus Ăvītus, i, m., a Roman cognomen: A. Cluentius Avitus,Cic. Clu. 5, 11 sqq.
avius ā-vĭus, a, um, adj.via, that is out of the way, remote, out of the right way; also, untrodden, unfrequented, solitary, lonely, etc. (while devius signifies leading from the right way; and invius, having no way, pathless; in the poets and histt. freq.). Lit. Silvani lucus extra murum est avius, Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 8: Avia Pieridum peragro loca, nullius ante Trita solo,Lucr. 1, 926: nemora avia,id. 2, 145: virgulta,Verg. G. 2, 328: montes,Hor. C. 1, 23, 2: aviis itineribus,
through by-ways
,Sall. J. 54, 9: cujus (Caesaris) sibi species itinere avio occurrisset,Suet. Aug. 96: solitudines,Vell. 2, 55: avia commeatibus loca,Liv. 9, 19, 16. Also, Subst.: āvĭum, ii, n., a by-way, a desert, wilderness; in a pun with avium, from avis: hunc avium dulcedo ducit ad avium, Auct. ad Her. 4, 21, 29. More freq. in plur.: āvĭa, ōrum: avia cursu Dum sequor, et notā excedo regione viarum,Verg. A. 2, 737: per avia ac derupta,Tac. A. 6, 21: per avia, Ov M. 1, 701; 2, 205. So with gen.: avia vinerum, Vell. 2, 75: nemorum,Ov. M. 1, 179: saltuum,Tac. A. 2. 68: Oceani,id. ib. 2, 15: Armeniae,id. ib. 13, 37.Poet., of persons, wandering, straying: Continuo in montes sese avius abdidit altos,Verg. A. 11, 810.Trop.: Avius a verā longe ratione vagaris,
avocamentum āvŏcāmentum, i, n.avoco, a means of diverting from pain, trouble, etc., an alleviation, diversion, relaxation, recreation (post-Aug.): omnia mihi avocamenta exemit dolor,Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 1: admittere avocamenta,id. ib. 8, 5, 3; id. Pan. 82, 8; App. Mag. p. 498; Lact. Opif. Dei, 18; Arn. adv. Gent. 166.
avocatio āvŏcātĭo, ōnis, f.id., a calling off from a thing, a diverting of the attention, diversion, interruption (very rare): avocatio a cogitandā molestiā, * Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 33: In his, quae me sine avocatione circumstrepunt, etc.,Sen. Ep. 56, 4.
avocator āvŏcātor, ōris, m.id., one that calls off or away (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Carn. Christ. 5 fin.
avocatrix āvŏcātrix, īcis, f.avocator, she that calls away (eccl. Lat.): veritatis,Tert. Anim. 1.
avoco ā-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (arch. inf., AVOCARIER, C. I. L. I. p. 198), to call off or away. In gen.: partem exercitūs ad bellum,Liv. 4, 61, 3: pubem in arcem praesidio armisque obtinendam,id. 1, 6, 1: Consul ab omnibus magistratibus et comitiatum et contionem avocare potest. Messala ap. Gell. 13, 16, 1. With dat. (for ab aliquo): nec avocare alius alii posset, si contionem habere volunt, Messala ap. Gell. 13, 16, 1. Trop.: a rebus occultis avocare philosophiam,Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 15: ut (orator) a propriis personis et temporibus avocet controversiam,id. Or. 14, 45: quibusdam ad Antiochum multitudinis animos avocantibus,Liv. 37, 9, 1. Esp. To call one off from an action, purpose, wish, etc., i. e. to withdraw, divert, turn, remove, separate (the usual signif. of the word): aliquem ab aliquā re voluptas avocat,Cic. Arch. 6, 12: si te laus adlicere ad recte faciendum non potest, ne metus quidem a foedissimis factis potest avocare?id. Phil. 2, 45: aliquem ab alicujus conjunctione,id. ib. 2, 10: quos jam aetas a proeliis avocabat,id. Rosc. Am. 32, 90: senectus avocat a rebus gerendis,id. Sen. 5, 15; so id. Balb. 26, 59: qui omnino avocent a philosophiā,id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; id. Leg. 2, 4, 9 hos a bello avocas, Nep. Epam. 5, 3: avocat a curā vocis ille adfectus,Quint. 11, 3, 25; Suet. Aug. 40.To withdraw the attention, to distract, divert.To withdraw by interrupting, to interrupt, hinder: multum distringebar frigidis negotiis, quae simul et avocant animum et comminuunt,Plin. Ep. 9, 2, 1.To divert by cheering, to divert, cheer, amuse: ab iis quae avocant abductus, et liber et mihi relictus,Plin. Ep. 9, 36, 2; hence, se, to divert, entertain one's self, Arn. 7, p. 215; and pass. with mid. sense: illic avocare et illic lude, * Vulg. Eccli. 32, 15. In the Lat. of the jurists = revocare, to reclaim, recall: partem ejus, quod in fraudem datum esset,Dig. 22, 3, 6; so, possessionem,ib. 19, 1, 3; also with dat. (for ab aliquo): non potest avocari ei res,ib. 35, 2, 1.Trop.: factum,
avolo ā-vŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to fly forth or away: per aetherias umbras,Cat. 66, 55: auspicanti pullos avolāsse,Suet. Galb. 18 fin.; Dig. 41, 1, 5. Hence, of persons, to flee away, to go away quickly, to hasten away (opp. advolare, to flee to): experiar certe, ut hinc avolem,Cic. Att. 9, 10: avolat ipse,Verg. A. 11, 712: citatis equls avolant Romam,Liv. 1, 57, 8; 3, 61, 7 (al. advolat). So of dying: Critoni non persuasi me hinc avolaturum,
avulsio āvulsĭo (āvol-), ōnis, f.avello; in gardening, t. t., a plucking off, tearing off of the branches of a tree: Aut semine (arbores) proveniunt aut plantis radicis aut propagine aut avolsione,Plin. 17, 10, 9, § 58; 17, 13, 21, § 98.
avulsor āvulsor (āvol-), ōris, m.id., one that tears off: ubi (spongeae) avolsorem sensere,Plin. 9, 45, 69, § 148.
avulsus āvulsus or āvolsus, a, um, Part., v. avello.
avunculus ăvuncŭlus (AVOMCVLVS and AVONCLVS, Fabr. Gloss. p. 227, a), i, m.dim.avus; cf. Lith. avynas, uncle, a mother's brother, maternal uncle (a brother of the father, patruus). Lit. In gen., Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 341; Verg. A. 3, 343; Plin. 5, 8, 6, § 20; Vulg. Gen. 28, 2; 29, 10: uxor patrui vel avunculi,ib. Lev. 20, 10; Isid. Orig. 9, 6, 17; cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10 P. Hence, Esp. Avunculus magnus, a grandmother's brother (aviae frater), great-uncle, Cic. Brut. 62, 222; Dig. 38, 10, 1; 38, 10, 10; Isid. Orig. 9, 16, 26. Avunculus major, a brother of the great-grandmother, greatgreat-uncle (proaviae frater), Dig. l. l. (in Isid. Orig. l. l., proavunculus). Avunculus maximus, a brother of the great-greatgrandmother (abaviae frater), Dig. l. l. (in Isid. Orig. l. l., abavunculus). In the histt. sometimes avunculus major = avunculus magnus, brother of the grandmother, Vell. 2, 59; Suet. Aug. 7; id. Claud. 3; and avunculus absol. = avunculus major, Tac. A. 2, 43; 2, 53; 4, 75.Transf., the husband of the mother's sister, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 17.