ave atque vale

American  

[ah-we aht-kwe wah-le, ey-vee at-kwee vey-lee, ah-vey aht-kwey vah-ley] / ˈɑ wɛ ˈɑt kwɛ ˈwɑ lɛ, ˈeɪ vi ˈæt kwi ˈveɪ li, ˈɑ veɪ ˈɑt kweɪ ˈvɑ leɪ /

interjection

Latin.

1. hail and farewell.

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Example Sentences

This was what she had said, alone in the little room with its eastern window at the end of the Baptiste cabin: "MONSIEUR MCELROY, Factor of Fort de Seviere, ave atque vale."

From The Maid of the Whispering Hills by Roe, Vingie E. (Vingie Eve)

"You will have to do many things you don't like before you say your ave atque vale," she remarked.

From The Quickening by Ashe, E. M.

It was a common flat-sided silver ring that had been taken from the grave of a Roman soldier: one peculiarity it had, however; on its inner surface were roughly cut the words, "ave atque vale."

From Beatrice by Haggard, Henry Rider

In the "ave atque vale" of the Roman poet, there is much more of the absolute quality of great love than in all these psychic dabblings.

From The Complex Vision by Powys, John Cowper

Nunc tamen interea haec prisco quae more parentum 8 Tradita sunt tristes munera ad inferias, Accipe fraterno multum manantia fletu, Atque in perpetuum, frater, ave atque vale.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund