ventositas

ventōsĭtas, ātis, f. [ventosus] (post-class.).

• Lit., windiness, flatulence, ventosity: ventris, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 5: stomachi, App. Herb. 126.—
• II Trop., a puffing up, inflation, conceit, Fulg. Myth. 2, 17.

ventōsitās, ātis, f. (ventosus), I) die Blähung, stomachi, Ps. Apul. herb. 126. Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 3, 2, 17: absol., Th. Prisc. 2, 16 u. 21. Cael. Aur. de morb. acut. 2, 19, 115 u.a. Orib. fr. Bern. 2, 6. p. 10, 24 Hagen: Plur., Cass. Fel. 42. p. 104, 19. – II) bildl., die Aufgeblasenheit, Eitelkeit, Windbeutelei, Augustin. de civ. dei 9, 20. Fulg. myth. 2, 17.

ventositas [LL not in sense 1] 1 windiness (also in fig. context). 1166 fulmina eorum in tonitrua convertentur, et turbo ~atis hujus facile solvetur imbre Becket Ep. 249; apes ‥ in majori ‥ copia scaturirent ‥ si non aeris Hibernici tanta cum humiditate ~as minuta corpuscula tam dispergeret quam corrumperet Gir. TH I 6; crastina die, hora captata, nullum in aere ~atis signum percipiens, putabat se errasse et mendacium dixisse Plusc. VII 34. 2 inflated state, quality of being full of air or other gas. b excess build-up of air or other gas in part of body, flatulence (also as released) wind. sed ecce quam acu modica hujus exploditur tumida vesice ~as! Gir. Symb. I 31 p. 321.  b vir quidam ‥ qui ~ate intercutanea membrorum omnium officium prepediente vexatus fuerat Mir. Fridesw. 57; urina est alba vel quasi egestio i. sepe abundat ~ate M. Scot Phys. 35; omnia legumina sunt nociva, quia sunt ~atis generativa Gilb. II 104v. 1; timpanites ‥ vocatur abusive idropisis ‥ quia non est nisi pauca vel nulla humiditas, sed ~as Gad. 30v. 1; 1349 quendam de familiaribus dicti episcopi ‥ subtus imaginem crucifixi ~ates per posteriora dorsi cum fedo strepitu more ribaldorum emittere fecerunt pluries ac turpiter et sonore Reg. North. 398; ocitacio fit ex fumo et ~ate musculos gule replente SB 32. 3 boastfulness, conceit, inflated or puffed-up self-opinion. sensu quoque sanior redditus, desinit a ~ate priori Gosc. Aug. Maj. 86C; ille de laudis ipsorum ~ate nihil curans Eadmer V. Osw. 5; pares despiciebat, et superioribus optemperare vana ~ate turgidus indignum autumabat Ord. Vit. VIII 23 p. 406; quanto enim [vera eloquencia] videtur humilior, tanto est alcior; et non ~ate set soliditate transcendit Bacon Mor. Phil. 260; capitaneus sume arrogancie ~ate inflatus Plusc. X 29. 4 treatment by cupping. in minutionibus ‥ et in misericordiis regularibus duo et duo unam justam de cellario, tam ad prandium quam ad cenam; in ~ate vero unam Chr. Evesham 220.

ventōsĭtās, ātis (ventosus), f. , flatuosités : C. Aur. Chron. 4, 5 || [fig.] vaine jactance : Aug. Civ. 9, 20.