ob-veniō vēnī, ventus, īre, to come up to, go to meet: se in tempore pugnae obventurum, join in the battle, L.

—To fall out, befall, happen, occur: id obvenit vitium (at the auspices): sin quae necessitas rei p. obvenerit.

—To come by chance, fall to the lot of, be allotted: Calpurnio Numidia obvenit, S.: ei sorte provincia obvenit: cui classis obvenisset, L.