LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

vīneus

vīneus (feminine vīnea, neuter vīneum)
Classical[ˈwiː.ne.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈviː.ne.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverelationalwine
  2. adjectivevinous

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevīneusvīneavīneum
genitivevīneīvīneaevīneī
dativevīneōvīneaevīneō
accusativevīneumvīneamvīneum
ablativevīneōvīneāvīneō
vocativevīneevīneavīneum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevīneīvīneaevīnea
genitivevīneōrumvīneārumvīneōrum
dativevīneīsvīneīsvīneīs
accusativevīneōsvīneāsvīnea
ablativevīneīsvīneīsvīneīs
vocativevīneīvīneaevīnea

vīnĕus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. made of or belonging to wine.
I. Adj. (so very rare): latex, i. e. wine, Sol. 5 med.—
II. Subst.: vīnĕa, ae, f.
A. A plantation of vines, a vineyard, Cic. Sen. 15, 54; id. Div. 1, 17, 31; id. Agr. 2, 25, 67; Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 50; Verg. G. 2, 390; Hor. S. 2, 4, 43; id. C. 3, 1, 29 al.—
B. A vine, Cato, R. R. 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 25; Col. 4, 10, 2; 4, 22, 5; id. Arb. 14; Phaedr. 4, 3, 1.—
C. In milit. lang., a kind of penthouse, shed, or mantlet, built like an arbor, for sheltering besiegers, Caes. B. G. 2, 12; 2, 30; 3, 21; 7, 17; Cic. Fam. 5, 4, 10; id. Phil. 8, 6, 17; Sil. 13, 110 al.; cf. Veg. Mil. 4, 15: sub vineam jacere dicuntur milites, cum astantibus centurionibus jacere coguntur sudes, Fest. s. v. sub, p. 311 Müll.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weh₁y-?
  2. Latinvīneus

Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ōder. Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnum Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin vīneus From vīnum (“wine”) + -eus.

Quick answers

What does vīneus mean in Latin?
vīneus, a adjective, means “wine; vinous”.
How do you pronounce vīneus?
In classical Latin, [ˈwiː.ne.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈviː.ne.us].
Where does vīneus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? → Latin vīneus.