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Webster 1828 Edition

Avens

AV'ENS

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Noun.

The herb bennet.

Definition 2025

avens

avens

See also: avéns

English

wood avens (Geum urbanum

mountain avens (Dryas octopetala)

Noun

avens ‎(plural avens)

A plant of the genus Geum, especially Geum urbanum, or herb bennet.
A plant of the genus Dryas.

Translations

plant of Geum

Bulgarian: омайниче ‎(omajniče)
Dutch: nagelkruid n
German: Nelkenwurz (de) f

Romanian: cerențel (ro) m, călțunul-doamnei (ro) m
Swedish: nejlikrotssläktet n, nejlikrot c

plant of Dryas

Faroese: brúður
German: Silberwurz (de) f

Italian: camedrio m
Swedish: fjällsippssläktet n, fjällsippa c

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Latin

Etymology

Present participle of aveō

Participle

avēns m, f, n ‎(genitive aventis); third declension

craving

Inflection

Third declension.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	avēns			aventēs	aventia
genitive	aventis			aventium
dative	aventī			aventibus
accusative	aventem	avēns		aventēs	aventia
ablative	avente, aventī¹			aventibus
vocative	avēns			aventēs	aventia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

avens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press