evitavi

Evitavi is the first-person singular perfect active indicative form of the Latin verb evitare, meaning I avoided or I shunned. The corresponding infinitive is evitare, which means to avoid. Evitare is a first-conjugation verb, and evitavi marks a completed past action.

Morphology and related forms: In the present tense, the verb appears as evito, evitas, evitat. The perfect active indicative forms include evitavi (I avoided), evitavisti (you avoided), evitavit (he/she/it avoided), evitavimus (we avoided), evitavistis (you all avoided), and evitaverunt (they avoided). The perfect passive participle is evitatatus, used to form passive voice or as an adjective, and the supine is evitatum.

Usage and examples: Evitavi is used to recount past instances of avoidance or shunning. For example, in Latin prose, one might write “Evitavi periculum” to mean “I avoided danger.” It can appear in narrative sequences, often with a direct object in the accusative, such as a danger, a trap, or an unwanted obligation. The form is common in classical and late antique texts and can appear in various tenses when recounting past actions or in reported speech.

Historical notes: Evitare and its perfect forms, including evitavi, appear in Latin literature from the Republican and Imperial periods. As a basic example of the first-conjugation 1st person perfect, evitavi is frequently cited in Latin grammars as an exemplar of the -avi perfect endings.