ventulus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥tos

Proto-Italic *wē̆ntos

Latin ventus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin ventulus

From ventus + -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɛn.tʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛn.tu.lus]

Noun

ventulus m (genitive ventulī); second declension

1. a slight wind, breeze

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ventulus	ventulī
genitive	ventulī	ventulōrum
dative	ventulō	ventulīs
accusative	ventulum	ventulōs
ablative	ventulō	ventulīs
vocative	ventule	ventulī

Derived terms

• ventilō

Descendants

• → Portuguese: vêntulo

References

• “ventulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ventulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ventulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.