ventus

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwen.tus/, [ˈwɛn.tʊs]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *wentos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognate with English wind. See also Latin vannus, Ancient Greek ἄημι (áēmi).

Noun

ventus m (genitive ventī); second declension

  1. a wind
Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ventus ventī
Genitive ventī ventōrum
Dative ventō ventīs
Accusative ventum ventōs
Ablative ventō ventīs
Vocative vente ventī
Derived terms


Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *gʷentos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥tós. Surface analysis is the perfect passive participle of veniō.

Participle

ventus m (feminine venta, neuter ventum); first/second declension

  1. having come
Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ventus venta ventum ventī ventae venta
Genitive ventī ventae ventī ventōrum ventārum ventōrum
Dative ventō ventae ventō ventīs ventīs ventīs
Accusative ventum ventam ventum ventōs ventās venta
Ablative ventō ventā ventō ventīs ventīs ventīs
Vocative vente venta ventum ventī ventae venta

Etymology 3

From Proto-Italic *gʷentus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷém-tu-s, from *gʷem-.

Noun

ventus m (genitive ventūs); fourth declension

  1. arrival
Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ventus ventūs
Genitive ventūs ventuum
Dative ventuī ventibus
Accusative ventum ventūs
Ablative ventū ventibus
Vocative ventus ventūs

References
  • ventus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ventus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ventus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • ventus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • there is a storm at sea: mare ventorum vi agitatur et turbatur
    • the wind spread the conflagration: ventus ignem distulit (B. G. 5. 43)
    • the wind is falling: ventus remittit (opp. increbrescit)
    • the wind dies down, ceases: ventus cadit, cessat
    • to have favourable, contrary, winds: ventis secundis, adversis uti
    • the wind is turning to the south-west: ventus se vertit in Africum
    • the east winds are blowing: venti ab ortu solis flant
    • with the wind against one: ventis reflantibus (Tusc. 1. 49)
    • (ambiguous) to strive to gain popular favour by certain means: ventum popularem quendam (in aliqua re) quaerere
    • (ambiguous) the ships sail out on a fair wind: ventum (tempestatem) nancti idoneum ex portu exeunt
    • (ambiguous) to run before the wind: vento se dare
  • ventus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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