venum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === vaenum vēnus (theoretical form used as lemma by some dictionaries) === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *wesnos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to sell, buy”), whence also e.g. vīlis, thematicized from a consonant-stem noun such as *wósn̥. Cognate to Ancient Greek ὦνος (ônos, “price”), ὠνέομαι (ōnéomai, “to buy”), Sanskrit वस्न (vasna, “price”), वस्नयति (vasnayati, “to haggle”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈweː.nũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛː.num] === Noun === vēnum m (accusative) Forms two-place compound verbal expressions, imparting the meaning "for sale" pecus vēnum agere ― to drive cattle for sale ==== Usage notes ==== When followed by dō, frequently spelled as one word vēnumdō, vēnundō, which historically was further syncopated into vēndō. This is an example of incorporation. ==== Declension ==== Fourth/second-declension noun (defective), singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “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. == Middle English == === Verb === venum alternative form of venymen