loro venissero

came, would come

→ venire
ven to come + issero third-person plural imperfect subjunctive
verb · 3rd-person plural, imperfect tense Rare #44,098
came, would come Used in the imperfect subjunctive, often in hypothetical or reported situations.
IT: Se venissero domani, saremmo felici.
EN: If they came tomorrow, we’d be happy.
Conjugation of venire
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First venissi —
Second venissi veniste
Third venisse venissero

Che perdita se non venissero più!

What a loss if they never came again!

— I sette samurai (1954)

E volevo proprio sapere da dove venissero i suoi libri.

And I really wanted to know where his books came from.

Era convinta che lavorassi troppo, e che per questo non mi venissero le curve.

She was convinced I worked too much, and that was why I wasn’t developing curves.

La Santa sarebbe felice se venissero anche i conti Odescalchi.

The Saint would be happy if the Odescalchi counts came too.

— La grande bellezza (2013)