LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

ventōsus

ventōsus (feminine ventōsa, neuter ventōsum)
Classical[wɛnˈtoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[venˈtɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivewindy

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeventōsusventōsaventōsum
genitiveventōsīventōsaeventōsī
dativeventōsōventōsaeventōsō
accusativeventōsumventōsamventōsum
ablativeventōsōventōsāventōsō
vocativeventōseventōsaventōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeventōsīventōsaeventōsa
genitiveventōsōrumventōsārumventōsōrum
dativeventōsīsventōsīsventōsīs
accusativeventōsōsventōsāsventōsa
ablativeventōsīsventōsīsventōsīs
vocativeventōsīventōsaeventōsa

ventōsus, a, um, adj. ventus,
I. full of wind, windy.
I. Lit.: folles, Verg. A. 8, 449: loca, Lucr. 6, 468: speluncae, id. 6, 537: mare, Hor. C. 3, 4, 46: aequora, Verg. A. 6, 335; Ov. H. 16 (17), 5: Alpes, id. Am. 2, 16, 19: dies, Quint. 11, 3, 27; Col. 11, 2, 78: murmur, Verg. E. 9, 58: auctumnus, hiems, Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 352: alae, Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 5; Verg. A. 12, 848: concha, i. e. the tuba, Luc. 9, 349: cucurbita, i. e. cupping - glass, Juv. 14, 58; cf. Isid. Orig. 4, 11: ictus, Val. Fl. 2, 269.—Comp.: Germania, Tac. G. 5.— Sup.: regio, Liv. 36, 43, 1: uter, App. Mag. p. 309, 36.—
B. Transf., like the wind, i. e. light, quick, speedy, swift, nimble (poet.): equi, Ov. F. 4, 392; cf.: mens cervorum, Lucr. 3, 299.—
II. Trop.
A. Light, changeable, inconstant, fickle: Lepidus homo ventosissimus, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 1: Romae Tibur amem ventosus, Tibure Romam, Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 12: tu levis es multoque tuis ventosior alis (of Cupid), Ov. Am. 2, 9, 49: plebs, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 37: ingenium, Liv. 42, 30, 4: extraordinarium imperium populare atque ventosum est, Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 17.—
B. Windy, puffed up, vain, conceited, empty: superbiebat ventosa et insolens natio, quod, etc., Plin. Pan. 31, 2: ventosus et mendax vanitate, Sen. Ira, 3, 8, 4: gloria, Verg. A. 11, 708; cf.: ventoso gloria curru, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 177: lingua, Verg. A. 11, 390: decus (opp. verus honor), Stat. Th. 10, 711: ventosa et enormis loquacitas, inflated, bombastic, Petr. 2.—* Adv.: ventōsē, as if full of wind, inflatedly: tumentes pulvilli, App. M. 10, p. 248, 22.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂weh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wḗh₁ti
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wéh₁n̥ts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wéh₁n̥tos
  5. Proto-Italic*wē̆ntos
  6. Latinventōsus

Latin -ōsus Latin ventōsus From ventus (“wind”) + -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Catalanventós
  • EnglishVentôse
  • Englishventouse
  • Frenchventeux
  • Frenchventouse
  • Italianventoso
  • Italianventosa
  • Occitanventós
  • Portugueseventoso
  • Portugueseventosa

Quick answers

What does ventōsus mean in Latin?
ventōsus, a adjective, means “windy”.
How do you pronounce ventōsus?
In classical Latin, [wɛnˈtoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [venˈtɔː.s̬us].
Where does ventōsus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti → Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts → Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥tos → Proto-Italic *wē̆ntos → Latin ventōsus.