ventulus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of ventus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯en.tu.lus/, [ˈu̯ɛn̪t̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈven.tu.lus/, [ˈvɛn̪t̪ulus]

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.