venum

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) IPA(key): /ˈweː.num/, [ˈweː.nũ]

Noun

vēnum m (accusative)

  1. something for sale, something to sell

Inflection

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

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), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Middle English

Verb

venum

  1. Alternative form of venymen
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