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Plautus' havo reflects the likely Punic plural *ḥawū, but that's in the mouth of Punic-speaking characters. If that plural made it into Latin proper, it doesn't seem to show up in the literary record.
The folk-etymological plural (h)avete is mentioned by grammarians and shows up in the wild in, as far as I can tell, exactly two places: Apuleius' ...
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As has been noted here: The Latin word “Have” rather than “Ave” as a translation of the Greek word Χαῖρε?
Plautus uses the plural havo three times in his Poenulus.
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The following is found in the writings of Bernardino Stefonio:
abi: requirito hominem ubi ubi est.
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In Allen & Greenough p.284; section 449 (Imperative Mood):
"Phyllida mitte mihi, meus est natalis, Iolla; cum faciam vitula pro frugibus, ipse venito" (Ecl. 3.76);
"Send Phyllis to me, it is my birthday, Iollas; when I [shall] sacrifice a heifer for the harvest, come yourself."
Therefore, "mitte" for the present tense ...
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