vannus

Latin

Etymology

Traditionally derived from Proto-Italic *watnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”); compare the diminutive vatillum, as well as Latin ventus, Ancient Greek ἄημι (áēmi), Middle High German winden (“to winnow”), Icelandic vinsa (“to pick out, weed”), English winnow. However, De Vaan is skeptical of the semantics, and leaves the origin open.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯an.nus/, [ˈu̯änːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvan.nus/, [ˈvänːus]

Noun

vannus f (genitive vannī); second declension

1. a winnowing basket

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vannus	vannī
Genitive	vannī	vannōrum
Dative	vannō	vannīs
Accusative	vannum	vannōs
Ablative	vannō	vannīs
Vocative	vanne	vannī

Derived terms

• vannō

Descendants

• French: van
• → Proto-West Germanic: *wannu (see there for further descendants)
• ⇒ *advannus
  • Galician: abano
  • Portuguese: abano
  • Spanish: abano

Further reading

• “vannus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vannus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vannus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vannus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “vannus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “vannus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag