ventosus Latin · revision 32046

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=ine-pro *h₂weh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [wɛnˈtoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [venˈtɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ventōsus''' (feminine ventōsa, neuter ventōsum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ventus|-ōsus|t1=wind]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) The noun [[m|la|ventus]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*wē̆nto-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂weh₁-nt-o-|t=wind]], from the old present participle of [[ine-pro|*h₂weh₁-|t=to blow]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[cy|gwynt|t=wind]], [[hit|huwant-|t=wind]], [[sa|वात|tr=vā́ta-|t=wind]] and [[got|𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃|tr=winds|t=wind]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Cato,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who advises putting a lime kiln in a place as little exposed to the wind as possible.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means exposed to the wind or draughty, and of weather full of wind, as in Catullus' windy storms.^(OLD 2012) Virgil uses it of the bellows that draw in and give out the air, and of the wings of the Fury, swift as the wind.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Seneca has it of what has the nature of air and lacks substance.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it is changeable like the wind or fickle, as in a letter of Decimus Brutus about a most fickle man, and puffed up or boastful, as Virgil's “windy tongue”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British medieval writers use it of places, weather and other movements of air.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of a place exposed to wind.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus of windy storms.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of bellows, of swift wings and of a boastful tongue.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Exposed to the wind, [[m|en|windy]], [[m|en|draughty]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Full of wind, stormy; of bellows, working by air.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Airy, lacking substance.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Swift as the wind.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|fickle|alt=Fickle]], changeable, inconstant.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Puffed up, [[m|en|vain]], boastful.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ventus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}