venenatus Latin · revision 33687

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=86/82 BC, Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=itc-pro *wenes-no-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [wɛ.neːˈnaː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ve.neˈnaː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''venēnātus''' (feminine venēnāta, neuter venēnātum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|venēnum|-ātus|t1=poison]];^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short treat it as the participle of [[m|la|venēnō|t=to poison]].^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces [[m|la|venēnum]] to [[itc-pro|*wenes-no-]], a derivative of [[m|la|venus|t=desire, love]];^(de Vaan 2008) Walde–Hofmann took its first meaning to be “love potion”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium''.^(Köbler 2010) Lucretius has venomous snakes, ''venenatis colubris''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is said of animals and plants furnished with poison, venomous or poisonous, and as a neuter noun a venomous creature.^(OLD 2012) Vitruvius uses it of the deadly power of some waters.^(OLD 2012) Of weapons and bait it means poisoned: Cicero has panthers caught with poisoned meat.^(OLD 2012) Ovid uses it of magic, a wand with magical power.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin keeps the sense venomous, poisonous.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium''.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius, of venomous snakes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of poisoned meat.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid, of a magic wand.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|venomous|alt=Venomous]], [[m|en|poisonous]];^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) as a noun, a venomous creature.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|poisoned|alt=Poisoned]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Having [[m|en|magic|alt=magical]] power, enchanted.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[venēnum]]

+ * [[venēnō]]

+ * [[venēficus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}