vehemens
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Century 1911 traces this with uncertainty to vehō (“carry”) + mēns (“mind”). A better explanation (Sihler; essentially Lewis and Short) makes the first element vē- (“out of”) in a fanciful spelling.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯e.he.mens/, [ˈu̯e(ɦ)ɛmẽːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.e.mens/, [ˈvɛːemens]
Adjective
vehemēns (genitive vehementis, comparative vehementior, superlative vehementissimus, adverb vehementer); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | vehemēns | vehementēs | vehementia | ||
| Genitive | vehementis | vehementium | |||
| Dative | vehementī | vehementibus | |||
| Accusative | vehementem | vehemēns | vehementēs | vehementia | |
| Ablative | vehementī | vehementibus | |||
| Vocative | vehemēns | vehementēs | vehementia | ||
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “vehemens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vehemens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vehemens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- vehement in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
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