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Meaning of venio | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
[ˈwɛ.ni.oː]

Definitions

  1. to come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach
    conjugation-4, impersonal, intransitive
  2. of metaphorical movement in general
    conjugation-4, impersonal
  3. to approach
    conjugation-4, impersonal, intransitive

Equivalents

English be
Kurdî be

Examples

“CHARĪNUS: Hūc face ad mē ut veniās, sī quid poteris. / DĀVUS: Quid veniam? Nihil habeō. CHARĪNUS: At tamen, sīquid…. DĀVUS: Age, veniam.”

CHARINUS: Make sure that you come to me here, if there is anything you can do. DAVUS: Why should I come? I have nothing [for you]. CHARINUS: But still, if [there’s] anything… DAVUS: Alright, I’ll come.

“Audiam et haec Mānīs veniet mihi fāma sub īmōs.”

“I will be listening, and this report will come to me below, in the depths of the Underworld.”

“‘exul ab Arcadiā Latiōs Evander in agrōs”

‘‘An exile from Arcadia to Latium, Evander had come into the fields, and had brought forth [his] gods, having placed them upon [his ship(s)].’’ (The muse Calliope is describing the early Roman ancestor Evander of Pallantium.)

“Quotiēns in mentem vēnerit, quantum tibi in servum liceat, veniat in mentem tantundem in tē dominō tuō licēre.”

As often as it comes to mind how much power you have over your slave, let it [also] come to mind that your master has just as much over you.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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