venum

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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

Noun

vēnum m (accusative)

  1. Forms two-place compound verbal expressions, imparting the meaning "for sale"
    pecus vēnum agereto drive cattle for sale

Usage notes

When followed by , 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.

Case Singular
Nominative
Genitive
Dative vēnuī
vēnō
Accusative vēnum
Ablative
Vocative

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 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

  1. Alternative form of venymen