venum
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Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to sell, buy”); see also Ancient Greek ὦνος (ônos), ὠνέομαι (ōnéomai, “to buy”), Sanskrit वस्नयति (vasnayati, “to haggle”), वस्न (vasna, “price”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vēnum m (accusative)
Inflection[edit]
Fourth or second declension. Attested only in the dative and accusative singular forms.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | — |
| genitive | — |
| dative | vēnuī vēnō |
| accusative | vēnum |
| ablative | — |
| vocative | — |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- venus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- venum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “venum” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
