venenum

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Latin

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *weneznom (“lust, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, love”). See also Sanskrit वनति (vanati, “gain, wish, erotic lust”), Latin Venus, veneror, venia, vēnor and English wish.

Pronunciation

Noun

venēnum n (genitive venēnī); second declension

  1. a potion, juice
  2. poison, venom

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative venēnum venēna
Genitive venēnī venēnōrum
Dative venēnō venēnīs
Accusative venēnum venēna
Ablative venēnō venēnīs
Vocative venēnum venēna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Aragonese: vereno
  • Emilian: vlen, vlei
  • Istriot: vanen
  • Italian: veleno (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitan: veren
  • Romagnol: vlèin, vlòin, vlei
  • Borrowings:
    • → English: venene
    • → Portuguese: veneno
    • →? Proto-Albanian:
    • → Proto-Brythonic: *gwenuɨn (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted:

Reflexes of the late variant venīnum: (some forms reflect ⇒ *venīmen)

References

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