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VSNTRrCOLoSOS (Id.), a, um, adj. 
C<eI. Aurel. passio, gripes, colic. 
VENTRICOLOS (dimin. from venter), i, 
m. the belly. Juvenal. - IT Also, the 
stomach or ventricle. Cels. - IT Ven- 
triculns cordis, ventricle of the heart. 
Cic. 
VENTRtFLfiOS (venter & fluo), a, um, 
3 adj. of medicines, laxative, purging, 
aperient. Coel. Aurel. medicamenta. 
VENTRIL8QCUS (venter & Ic-quor), a, 
3 urn, adj. speaking through or from the 
hello. Tertull. 
VeNTRIoSOS (venter), a, um, adj. big- 
3 bellied, yiicrrocoSni- Plant. 
VENTROoStfS, or VkNTRoSOS, a, uin, 
9 adj. same as Fentriosus. Plin. 
VeNTuLuS (dimin. from ventus), i, m. a 
3 little wind, a light wind, some wind, ave- 
plSiou. Tercnt. Cape flabellum et ven- 
tulum facito. 
VeNTOROS, a, um, particip. fut. from 
venio. 
VENTOS (unc.), i, m. the wind, ave/xoc, 
xrevpa. Cic. Aer effluens lruc et illuc 
ventos efficit. Id. Mare ventorum vi 
agitari atque turbari. Id. Ventus incre- 
brescit. JYepos. Dare vela ventis. Al¬ 
so, with a subst. which is the name of 
a wind : Cies. Corns ventus. Ncpos. 
Ventus Aquilo ; or. Id. Ventii3 Boreas, 
north wind. Cic. Septentriones venti. 
Also, Plaut. Ventus turbo. Also, Ov¬ 
id. Verba in ventos dare, to talk to the 
winds, h. e. in vain. Virg. Ferre sua 
gaudia ventos, h. e. sua gaudia irrita 
esse. Horat. Tristitiam et metum tra- 
dere ventis, commit to the winds. The 
king of the winds was JEolus, who is 
hence called by Horat. Ventorum pater. 
— Also, wind which a man makes, by 
fanning, for instance. Plant. Venture 
facere.-- IT Figur. wind, blast, gale, 
impending evil or calamity. Cic. Alios 
ego vidi ventos. — Also, wind, gale. 
Cic. Cassar, cujus nunc venti valde sunt 
secundi. — Also, wind, h. e. means of 
excitement. Cic. Omnes rumorum et 
concionum ventos colligere. — Also, 
wind, in the government of the state, 
in allusion to a ship, to which Cicero 
often likens the state. Cic. Quicumque 
venti erunt, winds, h. e. circumstances. 
— Also, wind, h. e. an aid or furtherance 
to the attainment of one’s ends ; for in¬ 
stance, to the attainment of an office. 
Cic. Dux et auctor nobis opus est, et 
corum ventorum moderator. — Also, 
wind, h. e. favor, so far as it promotes 
our views, empty favor or vain applause. 
Cic. In istis subscriptionibus ventum 
tpiendam popularem esse quossilum. — 
Also, wind, h. e. rumor, talk, so far as it 
is detrimental. Ctcl.nA Cic. Famasur- 
rexit : quo vento projicitur. — Also, 
wind, h. e. something very thin. P. Syr. 
ap. Pelron. textilis, woven wind, h. e. 
very thin stuff or garment. -if Also, 
wind in the body. Colum. 
VeNGCCLOS, a, um, adj. Thus, Horat. 
Venucula (uva), a kind of grape. Co- 
him. Uvoe Venucul®. — We find, 
also, Venicula. Plin. 
VeNoLX. (dimin. from vena), re, f. a small 
2 vein, ej>\e/3iov. Cels. — Figur. Qxiin- 
til. 
VENUM./w sale, to sale. See Fenus, us. 
VeNOMDO, orVENuNDo (venum & do), 
2 as, dedi, datum, a. and n. 1. to give 
to sale, to sell, airepixxvXeco, diroii&wpi. 
Cic. 
I’SNOS, eris,* f. ’A (ppoSlrri, Kvxrpis, Ku- 
Sepeia, Fenus, the goddess of love, beau¬ 
ty, charms and pleasures, wife of Fulcan, 
and mother of Cupid. Ovid. Veneris 
puer, A. e. Cupid. Id. Veneris mensis, 
h. e. April. Firg. Veneris filius, A. e. 
JPneas, her son by Anchises. — Hence, 
love, especially to the other sex. Te- 
rent. Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Ve¬ 
nus. Ovid. Venus marita, conjugal 
love. Hence, as a less offensive term for 
carnal intercourse or lust, of man or beast. 
Horat. Incerlam Venerem rapientes, 
enjoying an uncertain love. Firg. Frigi- 
dus in Venerem. Tacit. Juvenum sera 
Venus. Tiliull. Perjuria Veneris, A. e. 
hi lovers, of those in love. Also, Firg. 
Rapere Venerem, A. e. semen. — Also, 
a mistress, sweetheart, love. Ovid, sera, 
*' e - stricken in years. Firg. Me® Ve- 
neri sunt munera parta, my love. — Al¬ 
so, loveliness, attractiveness, agreeable- 
vess, elegance, charm, grace. Horat. 
(iuo fugit Venus ? Also, in speech. 
Quintil. Quod cum gratia quadam et 
Venere dicitur. Id. Isocrates omnes 
dicendi Veneres sectatus est. And in 
works of art. Plin. — Also, the Fenus, 
the Fenus-throw at dice, A. e‘. the luckiest 
throw , when all Ike dice showed different 
numbers. August, ap Sueton. Venerem 
jecerat. - U Venus was supposed 
also to preside over gardens. Hence, 
JVcev. ap. Pest. Venus, for olera.- 
IT Also, the planet Fenus; otherwise 
called the morning-star, or the evening- 
star, (po)trd)6pos, eo-Trepof. Cic. So, Id. 
Stella Veneris. 
VENUS (unc.), us or i, m. sale. It is found 
only in the accus. Venum, the dat. Ve- 
nui and Veno, and the ablat. Veno. 
-IT Accus. Venum, as in the phrases, 
Venuin ire, to be exposed for sale, be set to 
sale, be sold (properly, to go to sale) ; 
and, Venum dare, to offer for sale, set to 
sale, sell. Liv. and Oell. So, also, Lu¬ 
can. Tradita venum castra videt.- 
IT Dat. Venui; as, Apul. Ilaberetne 
venui lacte, if he had milk to sell. Id. 
Cantherium venui subjicere, offer for 
sale. — And, Veno ; as, Tacit. Posita 
veno irritamenta luxus, exposed for sale. 
- II Abl. Veno. Tacit. Ea, qua: 
veno exercerent, A. e. which they traf¬ 
ficked in. 
VENOSfX, a:, f. a town of Apulia, birth¬ 
place of the poet Horace. Plin. - 
II Hence, Venusinus, a, um, adj. of or 
pertaining to Fenusia, Fenusian. Horat. 
colonus. Juvenal, lucerna, A. e. lucer- 
na Horatii, for satira Horatiana, Liv. 
Venusini, the Fenusians. 
VENuSTaS (Venus), atis, f. elegant form, 
beauty or charming beauty, comeliness, 
loveliness, grace, charm, iratbpoStaia, 
wpia, evtrxnpoovvp. Cic. Venustatem 
muliebrem ducere debemus, dignitatem 
virilem. Id. Venustas et pulcritudo 
corporis. Id. Erant duo signa exi- 
mia venustate, virginali habitu atque 
vestitu. Farr. Venustas disposita po- 
morum.- IT Also, grace, agreeable¬ 
ness, sweetness, of speech, x a P l erTi(j- 
poy. Cic. Dicendi vis egregia, sum- 
ma festivitate et venustate conjuncta 
profuit. — Oell. Verborum venustates. 
Hence, fine wit or humor, agreeable wit or 
humor, pleasantry. Cic. Ne’ turn quidem 
hominum venustatem et facetias per- 
spicere potuisti?— Also, of an artist, 
grace. Plin. - IT Also, elegance, po¬ 
liteness, gracefulness, good breeding. 
Cic. Affluens omni lepore et venustate. 
-IT Also, charm or grace, satisfaction, 
joy, happiness. Tercnt. Quis venusta- 
tis plenior, A. e. more, rejoiced. Plaut. 
Dies venustatis plenus. - 11 Pulchri¬ 
tude, beauty, the sensible union of the 
various qualities which excite the feel¬ 
ing of pleasure : Formositas, comeliness, 
beauty, pleasing form of a person or 
tiling: Species, used especially of splen¬ 
dor and beauty which strikes the eye, 
as that of the heavens. Dignitas is 
specially used of manly beauty” which 
raises admiration and wonder, and can 
be applied to women only when their 
beauty has a masculine cast: Venustas, 
on the other hand, denotes female beau¬ 
ty, as pleasing by its grace and loveli¬ 
ness. See Cic. Off. 1, 36. 
VENCSTE (venustus), adv. gracefully, 
2 handsomely, elegantly, finely, ■beautifully, 
XapuvTws. Coel. ad Cic. Videtur illud 
perquam venuste cecidisse. Quintil. 
Omnia venustissime finxit. Senec. 
Hispanus hunc colorem venustius (sc. 
adhibuit). Plin. Ep. Scripsit mimiam- 
bos venuste. 
VENuSTS (Id.), as, a. 1. to grace, adorn, 
3 beautify, ko.Wvvo). JYwv. ap. Fulgent. 
Plane, se unguento. 
VENOSTOLOS (dimin. from venustus), a, 
3 um, adj. graceful,pretty, pleasant, agree¬ 
able. Plant. 
VENuSTOS(Venus), a, um, adj. charming, 
beautiful, graceful, lovely, comely, attrac¬ 
tive, sightly, goodly to behold, pleasing, 
cna<bpoStroi,Ka\b(. Terent. Adolescentu- 
la forma, et vultu adeo venusto, lit nihil 
supra. Sueton. Fuit vultu pulcro magis, 
quam venusto. Plaut. Diva venustissl 
nia Venus. Calull. Salve o venustq 
Sirmio, lovely, charming. Phcedr. hor- 
tuli. Cic. gestus et motus corporis. 
Quintil. Venustissima dicta.-U Al¬ 
so, elegant, polite, graceful, well-bred, 
fine, genteel, of speaking, or in manners 
and conduct ; also, pleasant, gracefully 
witty, witty, facetious. Cic. Facilis et 
valde venustus. Id. Sententiis non 
tarn gravibus et severis, quam concin- 
nis et venustis. Id. Sernio urbanus et 
venustus. Quintil. Venustiora in re- 
sporidendo. Calull. Lugete, quantum 
est hominum venustioruip. Plin. Ep. 
J’lerumque dolor etiam venustos facit, 
A. e. facetos. 
VEPALIDOS (ve & pallidus,) a, um, adj. 
3 very pale. Horat. 
VEPllATrCuS (vepres), a, um, adj. of 
2 briers or brambles. Colam. folia spin®- 
que (e lectione Schneid.). 
VEPRECOLX (dimin. from vepres), as, f 
a little brier or thorn-bush, aKaudiov. Cic. 
VEPRES (unc.), is, m. and f. a thorn, 
brier, bramble-bush, axcanSa, (Sams, 9dp- 
vo;. Commonly in plur. Cic. Sepul- 
cruin vestitum vepribus et dumetis. 
Firg. Secuerunt corpora vepres. Mo¬ 
ral. Coma vepres ferunt ? Sueton. 
Inter fruticeta ac vepres aigre evasit. 
Colum. Vepres efficere, A. e. sepem ex 
vepribus. Ovid. Lepus vepre latens, 
A. e. vepreto. 
VEPRETUM (vepres), i, n. a place full of 
2 briers or set with bramble-bushes, a bram- 
blc-thickct, hedge of thorns, aKavScvv. Co¬ 
lum. 
VER (rjp, with the Aeolic digamma pre¬ 
fixed), eris, n. the spring, tap, rjp. Cic. 
Ver esse coeperat. Id. Veris initium. 
Farr. Vere, in spring. Plin. Vere pri- 
mo, in the beginning of spring. Fine. 
Vere novo, in early spring, soon after 
spring has set in. — In Jul. Caisar’s cal¬ 
endar, the vernal equinox was in the 
middle of spring; the Feris initium, or 
commencement of spring, fell on the 
7th of February ; the JEstatis initium, 
or commencement of summer, on the 
9th of May.- IT Hence, figur. the 
spring, spring-time. Ovid, astatis. - 
ir Also, what grows or makes its appear¬ 
ance in spring. Martial. Breve ver po- 
pulantur apes, A. e. flowers. Liv. Ver 
sacrum, A. e. the first of all that is bom in 
spring, as, of swine, sheep, &c. ; an 
offering of this sort was sometimes made 
in critical circumstances. Hence, Id. 
Ver sacrum vovere, to vow an offering 
of this kind for the next spring. Id. 
Ver sacrum facere, to make this offer- 
ing. 
VERACITER (verax), adv. truly, with 
3 truth, a\n$d if. Augustin. Veraciter. 
Id. Veracissime creditur. 
VERaTRIX (vero, are), Icis, f. that prophe- 
3 sies or divines, a prophetess, divineress. 
Apul. Met. 9. P.d. Oudend. (Other Edd. 
have veterairicem.) 
VERaTRUM (possibly from vero, are, as 
clearing the brain, and making the 
thoughts more true), tri, n. hellebore. 
Cels, and Plin. 
VERaX (vero, are), acis, adj. speaking or 
telling the truth, true, veracious, conform¬ 
ing to truth, dArj-Siydj. Plaut. Si eris 
verax. Cic. Multis s®culis verax fuit 
id oraculum. Id. Ei visa quietis occur- 
rent veracia, true, which come to pass. 
Id. Herodotnm cur veraciorem ducam 
Ennio? Ik bull. Compertum est veraci- 
bus mihi signis. Augustin. Veracissi- 
ma promissio. 
VERBALIS (verbum), e, adj. of words, 
3 consisting of words, verbal, pypariKbs, 
Fulgent, und® mulierum, A. e. talkative¬ 
ness, loquacity. - U Also, derived from 
verbs, verbal. Charis. 
VeRBaSCUM, i, n. mullein; wool-blade, 
torch-weed, high-taper, (f>X6nos. Plin. 
VERBENA (perhaps from herba, for her- 
bena), ®, f. any sucredhcrb or branch (for 
instance, of laurel, olive, myrtle ; of 
cypress, tamarisk, pomegranate-tree, 
the rose, &c.). Liv. and Cels. - 
H These verbena; were used for religious 
purposes. — Thus, the feciales wore 
them on their heads when they con¬ 
cluded a league, or formally demanded 
satisfaction for injuries. Liv. — They 
