English → Latin
“vent” in Latin
spīrāculumair hole, vent, spiracle; breathspīrāmentumbreathing hole, air hole, vent, pore, spiracle; breathing space; interval, brief pause; blowing, breathing, exhaling, drventilōto toss, swing, brandish in the air; to expose to a draught; to winnow, fanvīnumwine; grapes; a grapevineērumpōto break out (of), to burst out (of); to sally forth, rush out; to break out, burst fortheffundōto pour out, shed, spread abroad, drain off; to pour, drive, cast or send out, shower, discharge; to give oneself up to,
The English word vent itself goes back to Latin ventus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
vent s.
Admission of air, aditus aeris. A vent-hole, spiraculum (Plin.); spiramentum (Vitr.): to give vent to (PROP.) = to admit air, ventilare (e.g., vinum; aditum aeris admittere; also, aperire caelum (Plin.): = to let out, rei viam aperire; (figuratively) erumpere: I must give vent to my joy, erumpere licet mihi gaudium (Terentianus): to give vent to one’s hatred, odium expromere or effundere (against anybody, in aliquem); odium dictis factisque explere: to give vent to one’s ill humor, displeasure, stomachum in aliquem erumpere; dolor meus in aliquem incursat: to give vent to one’s anger (against anyone), iram in aliquem effundere, evomere, erumpere; at a thing, iram in rem vertere; in rem saevire: not to give vent to one’s anger, iram supprimere or reprimere: to one’s hatred, odium sorbere (litterally, to swallow it).
Sale, market, venditio mercium. A good or quick vent, *facilis et expedita venditio mercium: to find a good vent, *facile vendi: to find no vent, *repudiari: that has a good vent, vendibilis (opposed to invendibilis).
vent v.
Vid: “to give vent to,” under the substantive.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for vent?
- The usual Latin words for “vent” are spīrāculum, spīrāmentum, ventilō; also vīnum, ērumpō, effundō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.