vehemens

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Disputed. The Century Dictionary (1911) traces this with uncertainty to vehō (“carry”) +‎ mēns (“mind”), thus "one who gets carried away in mind" > "ardent"; this appears to be supported by de Vaan.[1] An alternative explanation (Sihler; essentially Lewis and Short) makes the first element vē- (“out of”) in a fanciful spelling, connecting it to Sanskrit वहिस् (vahis, “alternative form of बहिस् (bahís, “out”)”).[2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

vehemēns (genitive vehementis, comparative vehementior, superlative vehementissimus, adverb vehementer); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. very eager; impetuous, ardent, furious
  2. vehement
  3. emphatic

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative vehemēns vehementēs vehementia
genitive vehementis vehementium
dative vehementī vehementibus
accusative vehementem vehemēns vehementēs vehementia
ablative vehementī vehementibus
vocative vehemēns vehementēs vehementia

Descendants

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vehō, -ere (> Derivatives: > vehemēns 'violent')”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 658
  2. ^ “vehemens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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