"ventus" meaning in Latin

See ventus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈwɛn.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈvɛn.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *wentos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognate and synonymous with English wind, Sanskrit वात (vā́ta), Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀 (vāta), Ancient Greek ἀείς (aeís) . See also Latin vannus. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*wentos}} Proto-Italic *wentos, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*h₂wéh₁n̥ts|t=blowing}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), {{cog|en|wind}} English wind, {{cog|sa|वात|tr=vā́ta}} Sanskrit वात (vā́ta), {{cog|ae|𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀}} Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀 (vāta), {{cog|grc|ἀείς}} Ancient Greek ἀείς (aeís), {{cog|la|vannus}} Latin vannus Head templates: {{la-noun|ventus<2>}} ventus m (genitive ventī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ventus<2>}} Forms: ventī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ventus [nominative, singular], ventī [nominative, plural], ventī [genitive, singular], ventōrum [genitive, plural], ventō [dative, singular], ventīs [dative, plural], ventum [accusative, singular], ventōs [accusative, plural], ventō [ablative, singular], ventīs [ablative, plural], vente [singular, vocative], ventī [plural, vocative]
  1. a wind Tags: declension-2, masculine Derived forms: ventōsus, ventulus
    Sense id: en-ventus-la-noun-la:wind Categories (other): Latin entries referencing missing etymons, Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Wind Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing missing etymons: 46 54 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 46 54 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun): 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Wind: 93 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Old Latin, Weather Disambiguation of Old Latin: 0 0 Disambiguation of Weather: 0 0

Noun

IPA: [ˈwɛn.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈvɛn.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *gʷentus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷém-tu-s, from *gʷem-. By surface analysis, veniō + -tus (forming action nouns). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|arrival}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*gʷentus}} Proto-Italic *gʷentus, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*gʷémtus|*gʷém-tu-s}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷém-tu-s, {{surf|la|veniō|-tus|id2=action noun|pos2=forming action nouns}} By surface analysis, veniō + -tus (forming action nouns) Head templates: {{la-noun|ventus<4>}} ventus m (genitive ventūs); fourth declension, {{tlb|la|OL.|dubious}} (Old Latin, dubious) Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ventus<4>}} Forms: ventūs [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ventus [nominative, singular], ventūs [nominative, plural], ventūs [genitive, singular], ventuum [genitive, plural], ventuī [dative, singular], ventibus [dative, plural], ventum [accusative, singular], ventūs [accusative, plural], ventū [ablative, singular], ventibus [ablative, plural], ventus [singular, vocative], ventūs [plural, vocative]
  1. arrival Tags: declension-4, masculine
    Sense id: en-ventus-la-noun-K6E3uj31 Categories (other): Latin entries referencing missing etymons, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing missing etymons: 46 54 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 46 54 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun): 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Old Latin, Weather Disambiguation of Old Latin: 0 0 Disambiguation of Weather: 0 0

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *wentos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognate and synonymous with English wind, Sanskrit वात (vā́ta), Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀 (vāta), Ancient Greek ἀείς (aeís) . See also Latin vannus.",
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    {
      "form": "ventī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ventī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ventī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ventōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ventō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ventīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ventum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ventōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ventō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ventīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vente",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ventī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "ventus<2>"
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
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        "1": "ventus<2>"
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
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        {
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.704-705",
          "text": "… Omnis et ūna / dīlāpsus calor, atque in ventōs vīta recessit.\nAnd all at once her warmth faded away, and her life receded into the winds.\n(The death of Dido; the conclusion of Book 4. See the notes by Page, T.E., [1967], pg. 394: “‘Life,’ ‘breath,’ ‘spirit,’ anima, ἄνεμος are so closely connected in human speech that poets naturally speak of life passing ‘into the winds.’”)",
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        {
          "english": "A wise man pisseth not against the wind",
          "ref": "Inscription, The Crown 2016–2023",
          "text": "Homō sapiēns nōn ūrīnat in ventum",
          "translation": "A wise man pisseth not against the wind",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "The goddess is moved and she favors the work: my ship is leaving the docks, already my sails have their winds.\n(Inspiration returns as, metaphorically, the poet and his readers sail onward. Idiomatically, Ovid ‘‘has found his second wind’’ while writing the fourth book of the Fasti.)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.729–730",
          "roman": "puppis, habent ventōs iam mea vēla suōs.",
          "text": "Mōta dea est operīque favet: nāvālibus exit",
          "translation": "The goddess is moved and she favors the work: my ship is leaving the docks, already my sails have their winds.\n(Inspiration returns as, metaphorically, the poet and his readers sail onward. Idiomatically, Ovid ‘‘has found his second wind’’ while writing the fourth book of the Fasti.)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "ipa": "[ˈwɛn.tʊs]",
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvɛn.tus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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  "word": "ventus"
}

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    "Latin lemmas",
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    "Latin nouns",
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    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun)",
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *gʷentus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷém-tu-s, from *gʷem-. By surface analysis, veniō + -tus (forming action nouns).",
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      "form": "ventibus",
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        "dative",
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    {
      "form": "ventum",
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    {
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
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    },
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    },
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    {
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        "2": "OL.",
        "3": "dubious"
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      "expansion": "(Old Latin, dubious)",
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        "Requests for translations of Latin quotations"
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        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, On the Latin Language 5.72, (quoting Plautus, Cistellaria 14-15)",
          "text": "Venilia à veniendo, ac ventu illo, quem Plautus dicit: Quod ille dixit, qui secundo vento vectus est tranquillo mari, ventum gaudeo.",
          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
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        }
      ],
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          "arrival",
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        "declension-4",
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      "ipa": "[ˈwɛn.tʊs]",
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    }
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}

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