vehemens

Latin

Alternative forms

• vēmēns

Etymology

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

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

Adjective

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

1. very eager; impetuous, ardent, furious
2. vehement
3. emphatic

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

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

Related terms

• vehementer

Descendants

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

References

• “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.