veneo

Latin

Etymology

From vēnum +‎ eō, literally “go on sale”. Compare vēndō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈweː.ne.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛː.ne.o]

Verb

vēneō (present infinitive vēnīre, perfect active vēniī or vēnīvī, supine vēnitum); irregular conjugation

1. to be sold

   Synonyms: vēndor, vēnundor, vēnumdor

   • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, apud Diomedem Grammaticum, Artis Grammaticae libri III 368.25–26:

     ego illi venear

     I may be sold there

   • c. 197 BCE, Plautus, Persa 577–578:

     nam heri in portum noctu navis venit. veniri hanc volo, / si potest; si non potest, iri hinc volo quantum potest.

     • 1912 translation by Henry Thomas Riley^[1]

       For yesterday at night the ship arrived in harbour: I want her to be sold, if she can; if she cannot, I intend to go away from here as soon as I can.

   • c. 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 95.42:^[2]

     Mullum ingentis formae — quare autem non pondus adicio et aliquorum gulam inrito? quattuor pondo et selibram fuisse aiebant — Tiberius Caesar missum sibi cum in macellum deferri et veniri iussisset: “amici,” inquit, “omnia me fallunt, nisi istum mullum aut Apicius emerit aut P. Octavius.”

     • 1925 translation by Richard Mott Gummere^[3]

       A mullet of monstrous size was presented to the Emperor Tiberius. They say it weighed four and one half pounds (and why should I not tickle the palates of certain epicures by mentioning its weight?). Tiberius ordered it to be sent to the fish-market and put up for sale, remarking: “I shall be taken entirely by surprise, my friends, if either Apicius or P. Octavius does not buy that mullet.”

Usage notes

This verb is used as the passive of vendo.

Conjugation

Irregular, but similar to the fourth conjugation. The third principal part vēniī occasionally appears as vēnīvī.

   Conjugation of vēneō (irregular conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vēneō		vēnīs		vēnit		vēnīmus		vēnītis		vēneunt
	imperfect	vēnībam		vēnībās		vēnībat		vēnībāmus		vēnībātis		vēnībant
	future	vēnībō		vēnībis		vēnībit		vēnībimus		vēnībitis		vēnībunt
	perfect	vēniī, vēnīvī		vēnīstī, vēniistī, vēnīvistī		vēniit, vēnīvit		vēniimus, vēnīvimus		vēnīstis, vēniistis, vēnīvistis		vēniērunt, vēniēre, vēnīvērunt, vēnīvēre
	pluperfect	vēnieram, vēnīveram		vēnierās, vēnīverās		vēnierat, vēnīverat		vēnierāmus, vēnīverāmus		vēnierātis, vēnīverātis		vēnierant, vēnīverant
	future perfect	vēnierō, vēnīverō		vēnieris, vēnīveris		vēnierit, vēnīverit		vēnierimus, vēnīverimus		vēnieritis, vēnīveritis		vēnierint, vēnīverint
passive	present	vēneor		vēnīris, vēnīre		vēnītur		vēnīmur		vēnīminī		vēneuntur
	imperfect	vēnībar		vēnībāris, vēnībāre		vēnībātur		vēnībāmur		vēnībāminī		vēnībantur
	future	vēnībor		vēnīberis, vēnībere		vēnībitur		vēnībimur		vēnībiminī		vēnībuntur
	perfect	vēnitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	vēnitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	vēnitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vēneam		vēneās		vēneat		vēneāmus		vēneātis		vēneant
	imperfect	vēnīrem		vēnīrēs		vēnīret		vēnīrēmus		vēnīrētis		vēnīrent
	perfect	vēnierim, vēnīverim		vēnierīs, vēnīverīs		vēnierit, vēnīverit		vēnierīmus, vēnīverīmus		vēnierītis, vēnīverītis		vēnierint, vēnīverint
	pluperfect	vēnīssem, vēniissem, vēnīvissem		vēnīssēs, vēniissēs, vēnīvissēs		vēnīsset, vēniisset, vēnīvisset		vēnīssēmus, vēniissēmus, vēnīvissēmus		vēnīssētis, vēniissētis, vēnīvissētis		vēnīssent, vēniissent, vēnīvissent
passive	present	vēnear		vēneāris, vēneāre		vēneātur		vēneāmur		vēneāminī		vēneantur
	imperfect	vēnīrer		vēnīrēris, vēnīrēre		vēnīrētur		vēnīrēmur		vēnīrēminī		vēnīrentur
	perfect	vēnitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	vēnitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		vēnī		—		—		vēnīte		—
	future	—		vēnītō		vēnītō		—		vēnītōte		vēneuntō
passive	present	—		vēnīre		—		—		vēnīminī		—
	future	—		vēnītor		vēnītor		—		—		vēneuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		vēnīre			vēnīrī			vēniēns			—
future		vēnitūrum esse			vēnitum īrī			vēnitūrus			vēneundus
perfect		vēnīsse, vēniisse, vēnīvisse			vēnitum esse			—			vēnitus
future perfect		—			vēnitum fore			—			—
perfect potential		vēnitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		vēneundī		vēneundō		vēneundum		vēneundō		vēnitum		vēnitū

References

• “veneo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “veneo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “veneo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the free men are sold as slaves: libera corpora sub corona (hasta) veneunt (B. G. 3. 16. 4)
    
  • (ambiguous) to come to Rome: Romam venire, pervenire
    
  • (ambiguous) to go to meet some one: obviam venire alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to come into some one's hands: in alicuius manus venire, pervenire
    
  • (ambiguous) to come in sight: venire in conspectum alicuius
    
  • (ambiguous) to come to assist any one: auxilio alicui venire
    
  • (ambiguous) to gain a person's esteem, friendship: in gratiam alicuius venire
    
  • (ambiguous) to suffer reproof; to be criticised, blamed: in vituperationem, reprehensionem cadere, incidere, venire
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a subject for gossip: in sermonem hominum venire
    
  • (ambiguous) to become famous, distinguish oneself: gloriam colligere, in summam gloriam venire
    
  • (ambiguous) to become doubtful: in dubium venire
    
  • (ambiguous) to make a person forget a thing: aliquem in oblivionem alicuius rei adducere (pass. in oblivionem venire)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be contested, become the subject of debate: in controversiam vocari, adduci, venire (De Or. 2. 72. 291)
    
  • (ambiguous) to come before the tribunal of the critics: in existimantium arbitrium venire (Brut. 24. 92)
    
  • (ambiguous) to pass into a proverb: in proverbii consuetudinem or simply in proverbium venire
    
  • (ambiguous) to become frightened: in timorem venire, pervenire
    
  • (ambiguous) to conceive a hope: in spem venire, ingredi, adduci
    
  • (ambiguous) to be suspected by some one: in suspicionem alicui venire
    
  • (ambiguous) to incur a person's hatred: in odium, in invidiam venire alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to come into the possession of something: in possessionem alicuius rei venire
    
  • (ambiguous) to obtain an audience of some one: in congressum alicuius venire
    
  • (ambiguous) to become customary, the fashion: in consuetudinem or morem venire
    
  • (ambiguous) to appear in court: in iudicium venire, in iudicio adesse
    
  • (ambiguous) to come within javelin-range: ad teli coniectum venire (Liv. 2. 31)
    
  • (ambiguous) to reduce a country to subjection to oneself: populum in deditionem venire cogere
    
  • (ambiguous) to make one's submission to some one: in deditionem venire (without alicui)