venum
See also: věnům
Latin
Alternative forms
- vaenum
- vēnus (theoretical form used as lemma by some dictionaries)
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *wesnos, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to sell, buy”), whence also vīlis. Cognate to Ancient Greek ὦνος (ônos, “price”), ὠνέομαι (ōnéomai, “to buy”), Sanskrit वस्न (vasna, “price”), वस्नयति (vasnayati, “to haggle”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈweː.nũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛː.num]
Noun
vēnum m (accusative)
- Forms two-place compound verbal expressions, imparting the meaning "for sale"
- pecus vēnum agere ― to drive cattle for sale
- c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 8.19.4:
- Eum rogāvit ūnus ē nostrīs, habēretne vēnuī lactem
- One of us asked him if he had milk for sale
- Eum rogāvit ūnus ē nostrīs, habēretne vēnuī lactem
Usage notes
When followed by dō, frequently spelled as one word vēnumdō, vēnundō, which historically was further syncopated into vēndō. This is an example of incorporation.
Declension
Fourth/second-declension noun (defective), singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | — |
| genitive | — |
| dative | vēnuī vēnō |
| accusative | vēnum |
| ablative | — |
| vocative | — |
Derived terms
- vēnāliciārius
- vēnālīcius
- vēnālis
- vēndō < vēnum dō
- vēneō < vēnum eō
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vēnus/m”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 663
Further reading
- “venus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “venum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- venum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English
Verb
venum
- alternative form of venymen