caveo

Etymology
From, from earlier *kawējō, from Proto-Italic stative *(s)kewh₁-éh₁-(ye)-ti, from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to take precautions, beware, take care; to guard against, attend to a thing for a person, provide
 * 2)  to beware of, keep away from, avoid
 * 3)  to guard against, to be on one's guard against, to take care that (not)
 * 4)  beware not to!, refrain from!, make sure that not, mind that you don't!
 * 5)  to look out in the interests of
 * 6)  to make legal provisions, to order, decree, stipulate
 * 7)  to give surety or guarantees, to secure bail; to pledge, certify
 * 8)  to procure bail or surety from
 * 1)  to look out in the interests of
 * 2)  to make legal provisions, to order, decree, stipulate
 * 3)  to give surety or guarantees, to secure bail; to pledge, certify
 * 4)  to procure bail or surety from
 * 1)  to procure bail or surety from

Usage notes
The primary sense ("beware") may either govern a noun in the accusative or a subjunctive clause joined with, with the meaning "beware not to, make sure that you don't". However, the latter use became idiomatic early on with the particle nē omitted. In either case, the semantically-weakened cavĕ regularly has a short final vowel through iambic shortening. C.f. the parallel positive.