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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2031.uentus on page 2031
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ventus wind
ventus is a Latin Noun that primarily means wind.
Definitions for ventus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
wind
English derivatives:
vent ventilate ventilation ventilator
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A wind. (b) a particular (named) wind. (c) (pl. personified as deities). (d) (fig.) a gale or storm (in affairs).
- 2
A wind as affecting a voyage favourably or otherwise by its direction. (b) (w. poss. adj.) a wind favourable to the person, etc., concerned.
- 3
The wind (as that which carries things away and disperses them). (b) (as that which lacks substance, constancy, etc.).
Sentences with ventus
Latin to English
Suave, mari magno turbantus aequora ventis, e terra magnum alterius spectare laborem; non quia vexari quemquamst iucunda voluptas, sed quibus ipse malis careas quia cernere suave est.Compare Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation: not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free from them yourself is pleasant.
Flucti flacciscunt, silescunt venti, mollitur mare. [Chryses]Compare The waves grow gentler, the winds abate, the sea's appeased.
Solvitque animis miracula rerum eripuitque Iovi fulmen virisque Tonanti et sonitum ventis concessit, nubibus ignem.Compare From error thus the wond'ring minds uncharm'd unsceptred Jove; the Thunderer disarm'd of name and power dispoyl'd him, and assign'd fire to the labouring clouds, noise the wind.
Multitudo omnis sicut natura maris per se immobilia est; at venti et aurae cient.Compare Every crowd is in itself motionless, as the sea is naturally, but winds and breezes ruffle it.
Nec iurare time: veneris periuria venti inrita per terras et freta summa ferunt.Compare Be not afraid to swear: the winds blow the vain perjuries of love away over land and sea.
Livius Delos per aliquot dies adversus ventus teneo.Compare Contrary winds detained Livius at Delos for several days.
Hic ventus magnus pars omnis tempus flo consuesco.Compare This wind is accustomed to blow during a great part of every season.
Ubi saevus orior tempestas, ac ventus rapio navis, tum vir et gubernator opus est.Compare When a violent storm has arisen, and the ship is being driven by the wind, then there is need of a brave man and a pilot.
Declension table for ventus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | ventus | ventī |
| Gen. | ventī | ventōrum |
| Dat. | ventō | ventīs |
| Acc. | ventum | ventōs |
| Voc. | vente | ventī |
| Abl. | ventō | ventīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 278.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 2031.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "ventus, ventī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 25, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/ventus-venti.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 278.ventus, ventī on page 278
