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See also: věnům
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯eː.num/, [ˈu̯eːnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.num/, [ˈvɛːnum]
Noun[edit]
vēnum m (accusative)
- Forms two-place compound verbal expressions, imparting the meaning "for sale"
- pecus vēnum agere ― to drive cattle for sale
Usage notes[edit]
When followed by dō, frequently spelled as one word vēnumdō, vēnundō, which historically was further syncopated into vēndō. This is an example of incorporation.
Declension[edit]
Fourth/second-declension noun (defective), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | — |
Genitive | — |
Dative | vēnuī vēnō |
Accusative | vēnum |
Ablative | — |
Vocative | — |
Derived terms[edit]
- vēnāliciārius
- vēnālīcius
- vēnālis
- vēneō < vēnum eō
- vēndō < vēnum dō
References[edit]
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 663
Further reading[edit]
- “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[edit]
Verb[edit]
venum
- Alternative form of venymen
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