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|lshtext=<b>adventus</b>: ūs (<br /><b>I</b> gen. adventi, Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 2; cf. Prisc. p. 712 P.), m. [[advenio]], a [[coming]], an [[approach]], [[arrival]] ([[class]]., also in <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>).<br /> Lit.: Beluarum [haec] ferarum [[adventus]] ne taetret loca, Pac. ap. Non. 178, 8 (Trag. Rel. p. 114 Rib.): adventum Veneris fugiunt venti, Lucr. 1, 7: in adventu Titi, Vulg. 2 Cor. 7, 6: ad urbem, Cic. Mil. 19: in urbes, id. Imp. Pomp. 5: ut me levārat [[tuus]] [[adventus]], sic [[discessus]] afflixit, id. Att. 12, 50: praestolabor adventum tuum, Vulg. Judic. 6, 18: adventibus se offerre, i. e. advenientibus [[obviam]] [[ire]], Cic. Fam. 6, 20: lucis, Sall. J. 96: consulis Romam, Liv. 22, 61 fin.—Sometimes of the [[approach]] of an [[enemy]]: [[nisi]] [[adventus]] ejus appropinquāsset, Nep. Iph. 2; so Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 6; Vulg. 2 Macc. 14, 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., the [[state]] of having arrived, an [[arrival]], the [[being]] [[present]] by arriving (cf. [[advenio]], B.): quorum adventu altera [[castra]] ad alteram oppidi partem ponit, Caes. B. C. 1, 18: horum adventu tanta rerum [[commutatio]] est facta, id. B. G. 2, 27.—<br /><b>II</b> Fig.: [[adventus]] in animos et [[introitus]] imaginum, Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 105: malorum, id. Tusc. 3, 14: exspectantes adventum gloriae Dei, Vulg. Tit. 2, 13: nuptiarum, Paul. Sent. 2, 21.