veni

I came, anciently

Veni is Latin for "I came," the first word of Julius Caesar's famous dispatch veni, vidi, vici—I came, I saw, I conquered.

The phrase reports swift, decisive victory, and English speakers invoke it (or just veni) to signal confident triumph or efficiency.

Latin

Caesar

Roman imperial title

imperiumAbsolute ruling power
gladiusRoman infantry blade
legionGreat number, or soldiers

centurion · praetor · consul · dictator · imperator · patrician · plebeian · tribune · augur · vici

arrival

coming

In the process of approaching

approachWay of handling something
entrancePoint of access
entryAccess or submission

threshold · homecoming · return · appearance · emergence · dawn · onset · debut · ingress · gateway

Categories

Latin Wordsad, ad nauseam, et, caveat emptor, affidavit
EsperantoEsperanto, grammar rules, correlatives, affixes, prefixes

Opposites

directional motion

Left a place

departed · left · fled · withdrew · retreated

Phrases

venture capitalistsStartup equity investors
festival venueSite hosting public celebrations
music venuesSpaces for live performances
wedding venueLocation for nuptial ceremonies
joint ventureCollaborative business arrangement
change of venueMoving legal proceedings elsewhere

Family

venous, intravenous, venue, venues, avenue, avenues, advent, advents, adventure

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Rated G