venum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (to sell, buy); see also Ancient Greek ὦνος (ônos), ὠνέομαι (ōnéomai, to buy), Sanskrit वस्नयति (vasnayati, to haggle), वस्न (vasna, price).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈweː.num/, [ˈweː.nũ]

Noun

vēnum m (accusative)

  1. something for sale, something to sell

Inflection

Fourth or second declension. Attested only in the dative and accusative singular forms.

Case Singular
Nominative
Genitive
Dative vēnuī
vēnō
Accusative vēnum
Ablative
Vocative

Derived terms

References

  • 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
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Middle English

Verb

venum

  1. Alternative form of venymen
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