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adventīcĭus (not -tĭus), a, um, adj. [advenio], that is present by coming, coming from abroad, foreign, strange (extrinsecus ad nos perveniens non nostrum, aut nostro labore paratum, Ern. Clav. Cic.; opp. proprius, innatus, insitus, etc.; in Cic. very freq., elsewhere rare).

  1. I. In gen.: genus (avium), Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 7 (cf. advena): Mithridates magnis adventiciis copiis juvabatur, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 24; so, auxilium, id. Verr. 2, 4, 37: externus et adventicius tepor, id. N. D. 2, 10: externa atque adventicia visio, proceeding from the senses, id. Div. 2, 58, 128: doctrina transmarina et adventicia, id. de Or. 3, 33: dos, given by another than the father, Dig. 23, 3, 5.
  2. II. Esp.
    1. A. That is added to what is customary, or happens out of course, unusual, extraordinary: fructus, Liv. 8, 28; so, casus, Dig. 40, 9, 6.
    2. B. That is acquired without one’s own effort: adventicia pecunia, obtained, not from one’s own possessions, but by inheritance, usury, presents, etc., Cic. Inv. 2, 21; id. Rab. Post. 17: humor adventicius, rain, Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 3: adventiciae res, Sen. ad Helv. 5.
    3. C. That pertains to arrival (adventus): adventicia cena, a banquet given on one’s arrival, Suet. Vit. 13 (cf. adventorius).
      Adv. phrase: ex adventicio, from without, extrinsically: quidquid est hoc, quod circa nos ex adventicio fulget, liberi, honores, etc., Sen. Consol. ad Marc. 10.

advento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [id.], to come continually nearer to a point (cotidianis itineribus accedere et appropinquare, Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 2, 6 init.), to come on, to approach, to arrive at or come to (esp. with the access. idea of speed, haste; only a few times in Cic., and never in his orations; in the histt. used esp. of the advance of the enemy’s army in military order, and the like, cf. Herz. ad Auct. B. G. 8, 20; hence without the signif. of a hostile attack, which adoriri and aggredi have); constr. absol., with adv., prepp., the dat., or acc., cf. Rudd. II. p. 136.

        1. (α) Absol.: multi alii adventant, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 15 (Trag. v. 73 Vahl.): te id admonitum advento, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 24: quod jam tempus adventat, advances with rapid strides, Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199: adventans senectus, id. Sen. 1, 2: tu adventare ac prope adesse jam debes, id. Att. 4. 17: Caesar adventare, jam jamque adesse ejus equites falso nuntiabantur, Caes. B. C. 1, 14; Auct. B. G. 8, 20.
        2. (β) With adv. of place: quo cum adventaret, etc., Auct. B. G. 8, 26.
        3. (γ) With prepp.: ad Italiam, Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1: ad urbem, Verg. A. 11, 514: sub ipsam finem, id. ib. 5, 428: in subsidium, Tac. A. 14, 32.
        4. (δ) With dat.: adventante fatali urbi clade, Liv. 5, 33: accipiendo Armeniae regno adventabat, Tac. A. 16, 23: portis, Stat. Th. 11, 20, 2.
          (ε) With acc. (cf. advenio): propinqua Seleuciae adventabat, Tac. A. 6, 44: barbaricos pagos ad ventans, Amm. 14, 10; so of name of town: postquam Romam adventabant, Sall. J. 28.

adventor, ōris, m. [advenio], one that arrives, a guest, visitor.

  1. I. In gen., Plaut. As. 2, 2, 92.
    So in two inscriptions, Orell. 2287, and Grut. 444, 8; cf. Barth. Adv. p. 1487.
  2. II. Esp., one that comes to a pothouse, visitor, customer, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 2: adventores meos non incuses, id. ib. 2, 7, 55, etc.; so App. M. 10, p. 248.

adventōrĭa, ae, f., see the foll. art. II.

adventōrĭus, a, um, adj. [adventor],

  1. I. that pertains to an arrival or to a guest, cf. adventicius: hospitium, in which strangers were received, Inscr. ap. Mur. 470, 9.
  2. II. Subst.: adventōria, ae, f. (sc. cena), a banquet given on one’s arrival, Mart. 12 praef.

adventus, ūs (gen. adventi, Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 2; cf. Prisc. p. 712 P.), m. [advenio], a coming, an approach, arrival (class., also in plur.).

  1. I.
    1. A. 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.
    2. 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.
  2. II. 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.