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venus

venus, sale

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum (vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ὦνος, price; ὠνή, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn],
  • sale.
        • a Dat.
          • α Form venui (late Lat.): rogavit haberetne venui lacte? Ap. Met. 8, 19, 4; cantherium venui subicere, id. ib. 8, 23, 22.—
          • β Form veno (post-Aug.): posita veno irritamenta luxus, Tac. A. 14, 15: quae veno exercerent, id. ib. 13, 51.—
        • b Acc. venum (class.): dare aliquem venum, to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6: venum cuncta dari, Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179; hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret, Liv. 3, 55, 7: pileatos servos venum solitos ire, Gell. 7, 4, 1: venum iturum, Sen. Const. 3, 2: seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt, Luc. 4, 206: venum redibat, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.

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