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ventus

ventus

Latin

Noun

ventus m (genitive ventī); second declension

  1. a wind
Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative ventus ventī
genitive ventī ventōrum
dative ventō ventīs
accusative ventum ventōs
ablative ventō ventīs
vocative vente ventī
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of veniō.

Participle

ventus m (feminine venta, neuter ventum); first/second declension

  1. having come
Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative ventus venta ventum ventī ventae venta
genitive ventī ventae ventī ventōrum ventārum ventōrum
dative ventō ventō ventīs
accusative ventum ventam ventum ventōs ventās venta
ablative ventō ventā ventō ventīs
vocative vente venta ventum ventī ventae venta

References

  • ventus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ventus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • VENTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ventus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • there is a storm at sea: mare ventorum vi agitatur et turbatur
    • the wind spread the conflagration: ventus ignem distulit (B. G. 5. 43)
    • the wind is falling: ventus remittit (opp. increbrescit)
    • the wind dies down, ceases: ventus cadit, cessat
    • to have favourable, contrary, winds: ventis secundis, adversis uti
    • the wind is turning to the south-west: ventus se vertit in Africum
    • the east winds are blowing: venti ab ortu solis flant
    • with the wind against one: ventis reflantibus (Tusc. 1. 49)
    • (ambiguous) to strive to gain popular favour by certain means: ventum popularem quendam (in aliqua re) quaerere
    • (ambiguous) the ships sail out on a fair wind: ventum (tempestatem) nancti idoneum ex portu exeunt
    • (ambiguous) to run before the wind: vento se dare
  • ventus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers