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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],
I.sale.
a. Dat.
(α). Form venui (late Lat.): “rogavit haberetne venui lacte?App. M. 8, p. 210, 12: “cantherium venui subicere,id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—
(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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 55.7
    • Tacitus, Annales, 14.15
    • Lucan, Civil War, 4.206
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 24, 47
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 7.4.1
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