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Latin
Etymology
Century 1911 traces this with uncertainty to vehō (“carry”) + mēns (“mind”). A better explanation (Sihler; essentially Lewis and Short) makes the first element vē- (“out of”) in a fanciful spelling.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vehemēns (genitive vehementis, comparative vehementior, superlative vehementissimus, adverb vehementer); third-declension one-termination adjective
- very eager; impetuous, ardent, furious
- vehement
- emphatic
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Descendants
References
- “vehemens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vehemens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vehemens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “vehement”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.