venenum
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Italic *weneznom (“lust, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, love”). See also Sanskrit वनति (vanati, “gain, wish, erotic lust”), Latin Venus, veneror, venia, vēnor and English wish.
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /weˈneː.num/, [wɛˈneː.nʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /veˈne.num/, [vɛˈnɛː.num]
NounEdit
venēnum n (genitive venēnī); second declension
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | venēnum | venēna |
Genitive | venēnī | venēnōrum |
Dative | venēnō | venēnīs |
Accusative | venēnum | venēna |
Ablative | venēnō | venēnīs |
Vocative | venēnum | venēna |
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ReferencesEdit
- venenum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- venenum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- venenum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to give a person poison in bread: dare venenum in pane
- to take poison: venenum sumere, bibere
- (ambiguous) to poison oneself: veneno sibi mortem consciscere
- to give a person poison in bread: dare venenum in pane