LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

venter

venter m (genitive ventris)
Classical[ˈwɛn.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈvɛn.ter]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. masculinethe belly
  2. masculinea paunch, maw, conveying the accessory idea of greediness or gormandizing
  3. masculinethe stomach
  4. masculinethe body, trunk
  5. masculinethe womb
  6. masculinean unborn offspring, especially a son
  7. masculinethe bowels, entrails
  8. masculinea swelling, protuberance
  9. figurativelymasculinesensual lust
  10. figurativelymasculinegluttony

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

media pars corporis ante; quō cibus dēscendit.
venter -tris m — in Mille Verba, Corpus Hūmānum
pars corporis, quae cibum accipit
venter ventris (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 16

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeventerventrēs
genitiveventrisventrium
dativeventrīventribus
accusativeventremventrēs
ventrīs
ablativeventreventribus
vocativeventerventrēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ventri deditum esse
to be the slave of one's appetite.

venter, tris, m. perh. for gventer; cf. Gr. γαστήρ; Sanscr. gatharas.
I. Lit.
A. In gen., the belly (syn.: alvus, abdomen), Plin. 11, 37, 82. § 207; Cels. 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 4; Cic. Div 2, 58, 119.— Plur., Mart. 13, 26, 1; Plin. 9, 50, 74, § 157. —
B. In partic., as the seat of the stomach, conveying the accessory idea of greediness, gormandizing, the paunch, maw: Cyclopis venter, velut olim turserat alte, Carnibus humanis distentus, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 326 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 33: ventri operam dare, id. Ps. 1, 2, 43; id. Pers. 1, 3, 18; Hor. S. 1, 6, 128; 2, 8, 5; id. Ep. 1, 15, 32; Juv. 3, 167; 11, 40: proin tu tui cottidiani victi ventrem ad me adferas, i. e. an appetite for ordinary food, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 75: vivite lurcones, comedones, vivite ventres, ye maws, for ye gluttons, gormandizers, Lucil. ap. Non. 11, 8.—In partic.: ventrem facere, to have a passage at stool, Veg. Vet. 3, 57.—
II. Transf.
A. The womb: homines in ventre necandos Conducit, Juv. 6, 596.—
2. The fruit of the womb, fœtus: ignorans nurum ventrem ferre, Liv 1, 34, 2; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 19; Col. 6, 24, 2; Dig. 5, 4, 3; 25, 6, 1; 37, 9, 1, § 13; 29, 2, 30; Ov. M. 11, 311; Hor. Epod. 17, 50.—
B. The bowels, entrails, Col. 9, 14, 6; Plin. 11, 20, 23, § 70.—
C. Of any thing that swells or bellies out, a belly, i. e. a swelling, protuberance: tumidoque cucurbita ventre, Prop. 4, 2, 23 (5, 2, 43); Verg. G. 4, 122: lagonae, Juv. 12, 60: concavus tali, Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 255: parietis, Dig. 8, 5, 17: aquae ductus, Vitr. 8, 7.

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-, see also German Wanst (“belly, paunch”), Old High German wanast, Sanskrit वस्ति (vasti, “bladder”), Latin vēsīca (“bladder”)

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanventre
  • Occitanventre
  • Occitanvente
  • Frenchventrefrom Old French ventre
  • Franco-Provençalventro
  • Normanventrefrom Old French ventre
  • Normanvãtrfrom Old French ventre
  • Walloonvintefrom Old French ventre
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseventrefrom Old Galician-Portuguese ventre
  • Spanishvientre
  • Asturianvientre
  • Asturianvientru
  • Galicianventrefrom Old Galician-Portuguese ventre
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianvintre
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianventre
  • Dalmatianviantro
  • Neapolitanventre
  • Sicilianventri
Borrowings
  • Englishventer
  • Esperantoventro
  • Idoventro
  • TranslingualNiviventer
Insular Romance
  • Campidanesebentrifrom Old Sardinian ventre
  • Campidanesebrentifrom Old Sardinian ventre
  • Gallureseventrifrom Old Sardinian ventre
  • Logudoresebentrefrom Old Sardinian ventre
  • Nuoresebrentefrom Old Sardinian ventre
  • Nuoresefrentefrom Old Sardinian ventre
  • Nuoreseventrefrom Old Sardinian ventre
  • Sassareseventrifrom Old Sardinian ventre
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianvintri
  • Romanshventer
  • Romanshvainter

Quick answers

What does venter mean in Latin?
venter, a noun, means “the belly; a paunch, maw, conveying the accessory idea of greediness or gormandizing; the stomach”.
What is the genitive of venter?
The genitive singular is ventris. venter is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce venter?
In classical Latin, [ˈwɛn.tɛr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈvɛn.ter].