ave, imperator, morituri te salutant! (L.), hail, emperor, men doomed to die salute thee! [said by gladiators].
avenir (Fr.), future, prospects.
aventurier, fem. aventurière (Fr.), an adventurer or adventuress.
a verbis ad verbera (L.), from words to blows.
Avernus (L.), the infernal regions, any abyss—from Lake Avernus in Campania.
à vieux comptes nouvelles disputes (Fr.), old accounts breed new disputes.
a vinculo matrimonii (L.), from the bond of matrimony.
avi numerantur avorum (L.), ancestors of ancestors are counted [to me].
avise la fin (Fr.), weigh well the end.
avito viret honore (L.), he flourishes upon ancestral honours.