vehemens

== Latin == === Alternative forms === vēmēns === Etymology === Disputed. The Century Dictionary (1911) traces this with uncertainty to vehō (“carry”) +‎ mēns (“mind”), thus "one who gets carried away in mind" → "ardent"; this appears to be supported by De Vaan. An alternative explanation (Sihler; essentially Lewis and Short) makes the first element vē- (“out of”) in a fanciful spelling, connecting it to Sanskrit वहिस् (vahis, alternative form of बहिस् (bahís, “out”)). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwe.(ɦ)ɛ.mẽːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛː.e.mens] === Adjective === vehemēns (genitive vehementis, comparative vehementior, superlative vehementissimus, adverb vehementer); third-declension one-termination adjective very eager; impetuous, ardent, furious vehement emphatic ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Related terms ==== vehementer ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “vehemens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “vehemens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “vehement”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.