vehemens

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

vēmēns

Etymology edit

Century 1911 traces this with uncertainty to vehō (“carry”) + mēns (“mind”). A better explanation (Sihler; essentially Lewis and Short) makes the first element vē- (“out of”) in a fanciful spelling.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯e.he.mens/, [ˈu̯e(ɦ)ɛmẽːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.e.mens/, [ˈvɛːemens]

Adjective edit

vehemēns (genitive vehementis, comparative vehementior, superlative vehementissimus, adverb vehementer); third-declension one-termination adjective

Declension edit

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	vehemēns		vehementēs	vehementia
Genitive	vehementis		vehementium
Dative	vehementī		vehementibus
Accusative	vehementem	vehemēns	vehementēs	vehementia
Ablative	vehementī		vehementibus
Vocative	vehemēns		vehementēs	vehementia

Related terms edit

vehementer

Descendants edit

Catalan: vehement
Czech: vehementní
English: vehement
French: véhément
Galician: vehemente, femenza
German: vehement
Italian: veemente
Portuguese: veemente
Romanian: vehement
Sicilian: vimenti
Spanish: vehemente

References edit

“vehemens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“vehemens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
vehemens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“vehement”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.