evenio

Latin

Etymology

From ex- (out of) +‎ veniō (come).

Pronunciation

Verb

ēveniō (present infinitive ēvenīre, perfect active ēvēnī, supine ēventum); fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive

  1. (intransitive) to happen, occur
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.775:
      quae precor ēveniant
      [Those things for] which I am praying: May they happen.
    Synonyms: interveniō, expetō, obtingō, obveniō, incurrō, accēdō, incidō, accidō, intercidō, contingō, fīō
  2. (intransitive) to come forth
  3. (intransitive, followed by the dative) to happen to, befall (someone)
    1. (intransitive, by extension, followed by the dative) to be allotted to (someone)
      • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
        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 Apulia

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: evene
  • ? Italian: evenire
  • Romanian: eveni

References

  • evenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • evenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • evenio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to turn out (well); to result (satisfactorily): eventum, exitum (felicem) habere