venum
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