venum
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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯eː.num/, [ˈu̯eːnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.num/, [ˈvɛːnum]
Noun
vēnum m (accusative)
- Forms two-place compound verbal expressions, imparting the meaning "for sale"
- pecus vēnum agere ― to drive cattle for sale
- c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 8.19.4:
- Eum rogāvit ūnus ē nostrīs, habēretne vēnuī lactem
- One of us asked him if he had milk for sale
- Eum rogāvit ūnus ē nostrīs, habēretne vēnuī lactem
Usage notes
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
Fourth/second-declension noun (defective), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | — |
| Genitive | — |
| Dative | vēnuī vēnō |
| Accusative | vēnum |
| Ablative | — |
| Vocative | — |
Derived terms
- vēnāliciārius
- vēnālīcius
- vēnālis
- vēneō < vēnum eō
- vēndō < vēnum dō
References
- 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
- “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
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