venum
See also: věnům
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯eː.num/, [ˈu̯eːnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.num/, [ˈvɛːnum]
Noun
vēnum m (accusative)
Declension
Fourth/second-declension noun (defective), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | — |
| Genitive | — |
| Dative | vēnuī vēnō |
| Accusative | vēnum |
| Ablative | — |
| Vocative | — |
Derived terms
References
- “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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Middle English
Verb
venum
- Alternative form of venymen