Verbum Hodiernum: INVITO

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INVITO Dictionary Entry

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Today's word is the first conjugation verb, INVITO (invitare), which obviously gives us the English word "invite."

The only thing that is really tricky about this word is that there is also an adjective, invitus, which means unwilling. This is the kind of confusion that happens with that Latin prefix in- which sometimes means "in, into, toward," as in today's word, invitare, but which sometimes is a negating prefix, so the in- in Latin invitus is like the "un-" in English "unwilling."

Here are some examples of today's word, invitare, in Latin sayings and proverbs:

Egregios invitant praemia mores.

Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.

Invitat culpam qui peccatum praeterit.

Veterem ferendo iniuriam, invitas novam.

Arcet poena malos, invitant praemia iustos.

Invitat stomachos esca parata bonos.

Beneficium beneficio invitetur.

Si labor terret, merces invitet.

Non invitatus hospes minime est gratus.

Assideat ianuae non invitatus honeste.

Retro sedet ianuam non invitatus ad aulam.

Plus, here are some examples of proverbs with invitus (English "unwilling") - since this is an important theme in the world of proverbs, there are some good examples he

Invito domino.

Invita Minerva.

Nihil invita Minerva facies.

Nemo peccat invitus.

Actus me invito factus non est meus actus.

Invitus nemo, nemo coactus amat.

Odero, si potero; si non, invitus amabo.

Qui invitus servit, fit miser, servit tamen.

Invitum cum retineas, exire incitas.

Invitum sequitur honor.

Huc illuc trahit invitum potens.

Natura, quam te colimus inviti quoque!.

Dis invitis.

Dis hominibusque invitis.

Invitis et superis et inferis.

Stultum est invitis canibus venari.

Invitis canibus non est venandum.

Invitis canibus venator nil capit ullus.

Invitis bobus numquam trahitur bene currus.

Aut sponte aut invite.

Invite data non sunt grata.