invideo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈwi.de.oː/, [ɪnˈwɪ.de.oː]
Verb
invideō (present infinitive invidēre, perfect active invīdī, supine invīsum); second conjugation
- (transitive, intransitive) I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil eye upon.
- (figuratively) I am prejudiced against someone or influenced by prejudice.
- (by extension) I am unwilling or loath; begrudge; refuse, deny; hinder, prevent.
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.154–157:
- hoc tamen amborum verbis estote rogati,
o multum miseri meus illiusque parentes,
ut, quos certus amor, quos hora novissima iunxit,
conponi tumulo non invideatis eodem- Wretched parents of Pyramus and Thisbe, listen to us,
Listen to both our prayers, do not begrudge us,
Whom death has joined, Iying at last together
In the same tomb.
- Wretched parents of Pyramus and Thisbe, listen to us,
- hoc tamen amborum verbis estote rogati,
- (by extension) I envy; emulate, aspire to rival.
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.657–659:
- barbarus invidit tantique ut muneris auctor
ipse sit, hospitio recipit somnoque gravatum
adgreditur ferro- The barbarian envies him; and that he himself may be deemed the author of so great a benefit,
he receives him with hospitality, and, when overpowered with sleep,
he attacks him with the sword.
- The barbarian envies him; and that he himself may be deemed the author of so great a benefit,
- barbarus invidit tantique ut muneris auctor
- (by extension) I am unwilling or loath; begrudge; refuse, deny; hinder, prevent.
Usage notes
Used in the following constructions: (1) can use the accusative with things or the dative with persons; and (2) can use the dative with the person or thing that causes envy; or the dative and/or ablative.
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: envy
References
- invideo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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