farewell Copy link Outline 1. ăvē (later ăvĕ), ăvētō, pl. ăvētĕ (rare)2. vălē (vălĕ), or before a vowel, vălĕās, etc.3. salvē, etc. • farewell: 1. ăvē (later ăvĕ), ăvētō, pl. ăvētĕ (rare): at the end of a letter, Sall. Cat. 35: Suet.: of the parting salutation of the dead, in perpetuum frater ave atque vale! Cat. 2. vălē (vălĕ), or before a vowel, vălĕās, etc.: often at the end of a letter: Cic.: Plin.: to bid one f., valere jubere, dicere, Cic.: I saluted him; afterwards too I bade him f., illum salutavi, post etiam jussi valere, Cic. Like "farewell," vale may be used as a subs.: to say the sad f., dicere triste vale, Ov. 3. salvē, etc.: farewell for ever, great Pallas, for ever f., salve aeternum mihi, maxime Pallas, aeternumque vale! Virg. (But salve was strictly the morning salutation, used on meeting friends: vale the evening and parting one.) Phr.: I will bid a long f. to the forum and senate-house, ego vero multam salutem foro dicam et curiae, Cic. Fam. 7, 33: I bid you f. before I go, saluto te priusquam eo, Pl.: v. to salute.