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English
Noun
ventose (plural ventoses)
- Alternative spelling of ventouse
1603, Plutarch, “Platoniqve Questions”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals , London: Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, question 6, page 1022:t commeth at length to fall upon the fleſh which the ventoſe ſticketh faſt unto, and by heating and inchafing, it expreſſeth the humor that is within, into the ventoſe or cupping veſſel.
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Italian
Adjective
ventose
- feminine plural of ventoso
Noun
ventose f
- plural of ventosa
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Latin
Adjective
ventōse
- vocative masculine singular of ventōsus
References
- “ventose”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ventose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.