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venum.

sale, purchase; (only sg. ACC/DAT w/dare); [venum dare => put up for sale];

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈweː.nũː]Classical-Latin[ˈvɛː.num]
  1. Forms two-place compound verbal expressions, imparting the meaning "for sale"

    accusative
    pecus vēnum agere
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-n̥ Proto-Indo-European *wósn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wésnos Proto-Italic *wesnos Latin venum 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”).

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