obvenio
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ob-vĕnĭo: vēni, ventum, 4, v. n.
I Lit., to come before or in the way of, to meet (syn.: obviam venio, occurro; perh. only in the foll. passage): se in tempore pugnae obventurum, would come up to the fight, join in the battle, Liv. 29, 34, 8.—
II Transf.
A To come or fall to one; to fall to one's lot; usually referring only to what is accidental, as the result of a lot, etc.: Syria Scipioni, Caes. B. C. 1, 6: legati, quibus hae partes ad defendendum obvenerant, id. B. G. 7, 81: tibi obvenit iste labos, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 40: Aemilio novum bellum in Etruriā sorte obvenit, Liv. 9, 31, 1: cui classis obvenisset, id. 30, 40, 12.—But also in gen.: cum hereditas ei obvenisset, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 19 (dub.; Orell. and B. and K. venisset): si istiusmodi mi fundus hereditate obvenerit, Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 2: cum obvenisset mihi hereditas, Plin. Ep. 7, 11, 6; 3, 6, 1; id. Pan. 40, 1; Just. 38, 5, 4: haud ab re tibi istic obvenit labos, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 40.—
B Still more gen., like obtingere, of an event, to fall out, to befall, happen, occur to one: obvenit occasio, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 15: vitium (at the auspices), Cic. Phil. 2, 33, 83; id. Off. 2, 21, 74: quaecumque obvenissent, Suet. Vesp. 21: obveniens lucrum, Gai. Inst. 3, 151.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obvĕnĭō,¹¹ vēnī, ventum, īre, intr.,
1 venir au-devant de, se présenter à [avec dat.] : se in tempore pugnæ obventurum Liv. 29, 34, 8, [il annonce] qu’il interviendra dans le combat au moment voulu
2 échoir à, être dévolu à [dat.] : quibus hæ partes ad defendendum obvenerant Cæs. G. 7, 81, 6, à qui était échue la mission de défendre ce côté ; Scipioni obvenit Syria Cæs. C. 1, 6, la Syrie échut à Scipion, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17 || [langue augurale arriver à l’encontre, survenir pour faire obstacle : Cic. Phil. 2, 83 ; Div. 2, 77.
