ventus

mare ventis saevit
the sea rages with winds

ventus , ī, m.: wind, 1.43, et al.; blast, 2.649.

ventus, i, m. [Sanscr. vā, blow; vatas, wind; Gr. root αϝ-, ἄω, ἄημι, to blow; whence ἀήρ, αὔρα, etc.; Goth. vaia, to breathe; vinds, wind], wind (syn.: aura, flamen).

• I Lit.: ventus est aëris fluens unda cum incerta motus redundantia, etc., Vitr. 1, 6; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 67; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 120; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16 sq.; Isid. Orig. 13, 11: istic est is Juppiter quem dico, quem Graeci vocant Ἀέρα, qui ventus est et nubes, imber postea, Atque ex imbre frigus, ventus post fit, aër denuo, Varr. L. L. 5, § 65 Müll.; cf.: (aër) effluens huc et illuc ventos efficit, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: deturbavit ventus tectum et tegulas, Plaut. Rud. prol. 78: mare ventorum vi agitari atque turbari, Cic. Clu. 49, 138: qui (divi) simul Stravere ventos, Hor. C. 1, 9, 10: remissior, Caes. B. C. 3, 26: prosper, Liv. 25, 27, 4: ventum exspectare, Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 8; id. Att. 10, 15, 2; 16, 7, 1: secundus, adversus, v. h. vv.—In apposition: Africus, Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101: Atabalus, Quint. 8, 2, 13: Corus, Caes. B. G. 5, 7: Septentriones, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3: turbo, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47 (645); id. Trin. 4, 1, 16 (835).—Prov.
• • • 1 Of labor lost: in vento et aquā scribere, Cat. 70, 4; so, profundere verba ventis, to talk to the wind, Lucr. 4, 931 (928); cf.: verba dare in ventos, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 42: ventis loqui, Amm.15, 5, 8.—
    • 2 Rem tradere ventis, to oblivion, Hor. C. 1, 26, 3. —
    • 3 Ventis verba dare, i. q. not to keep one's word or promise, Ov. H. 2, 25 Ruhnk. —
    • 4 Vento vivere, to live upon wind or air, Cod. Just. 5, 50, 2 fin.—
    • 5 Ventis remis facere aliquid, with all one's might; v. remus. —
  • B Plur., personified as deities, the winds: te, Apollo sancte, fer opem; teque, omnipotens Neptune, invoco; Vosque adeo, Venti! Turpil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 73 (Com. Rel. v. 119 Rib.); Lucr. 5, 1230 (1228); cf. Ov. H. 17 (18), 37.—
  • C Transf.
  • • 1 Windiness, flatulence, Col. 6, 30, 8.—
    • 2 A light stuff: textilis, Poët. ap. Petr. 55 fin.—
• II Trop., the wind, as a symbol of fortune (favorable or unfavorable), fame, applause, etc.: quicumque venti erunt, ars certe nostra non aberit, however the winds may blow, i. e. whatever circumstances may arise, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 5: alios ego vidi ventos; alias prospexi animo procellas, id. Pis. 9, 21; cf.: cujus (Caesaris) nunc venti valde sunt secundi, id. Att. 2, 1, 6; so, secundi, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 102: vento aliquo in optimum quemque excitato, by raising a storm, Cic. Sull. 14, 41: eorum ventorum, quos proposui, moderator quidam et quasi gubernator (opus est), i. e. of the plans, designs, id. Fam. 2, 6, 4: loqui est coeptus, quo vento proicitur Appius minor, ut indicet, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2; cf.: rumorum et contionum ventos colligere, Cic. Clu. 28, 77: omnes intellegimus in istis subscriptionibus ventum quendam popularem esse quaesitum, id. ib. 47, 130.

1. ventus, ī, m. (vgl. altind. vāti, weht, vānt, wehend, griech. ἄϝημι, wehe, gotisch winds, ahd. wint, Wind), der Wind, I) eig. u. übtr.: A) eig.: v. aquilo, v. boreas, Nordwind, Nep.: atabalus v., Quint.: corus v., Caes.: septentriones venti, Cic.: turbo v., Plaut. – ventus et aura, Ov. Ib. 108. – v. secundus, adversus, s.d.: venti septentrionales, Colum., Ggstz. australes, Isid. orig.: ventus acrior, Curt.: v. remissior, Caes.: v. magnus, Caes.: v. vehemens, Auct. b. Hisp.: idoneus, Caes.: secundus et ferens, günstiger Fahrwind, Sen.: u. so venti ferentes, fördernde, günstige W., Plin. pan. u. Ov.: contrarii venti, Plin. ep.: venti subiti ac procellosi, Liv. – ventus premente nebulā cĕcĭdit, Liv.: sub idem tempus venti vis omnis cĕcĭdit, Liv.: circumagit se ventus, der W. schlägt um, Liv.: mare acriore vento concitatum fluctus ciere, Curt.: maximus ventus cooritur, Caes.: se vento dare, sich vor dem Winde legen, vor dem Winde fahren, Caes.: venti ab utriusque terrae praealtis montibus subiti ac procellosi se deiciunt, Liv.: in conspectum ferme Africae prospero cursu vectum primo destituit ventus, deinde versus in Africum (in den Südwind umsetzend) turbavit ac passim naves disiecit, Liv.: villae deturbavit ventus tectum et tegulas, Plaut.: iam conversis in eam partem navibus, quo ventus ferebat, Caes.: Gallia assiduis ventis fatigatur, Iustin.: subito inhorruit mare et discordes in perniciem nostram flavere venti, Sen. rhet.: cum contrarii venti flare coepissent, Ps. Quint. decl.: semper aër spiritu aliquo movetur; frequentius tamen auras quam ventos habet, Plin. ep.: Victoria vento icta (durch einen Windstoß) de podio decĭdit, Spart.: ventus increbrescit, Cic.: ventus intermittitur, Caes.: ne ventus lucernam interemat (= interimat), auslöscht, Trag. inc. fr.: contrario vento laborare coeperunt, Lact.: si forte ventus remisisset, Caes.: cum saevire ventus coepisset, Caes.: cum ventus usque ad extremum periculum saevire coepisset, Lact.: navis velox et non sentiens ventum, Sen.: ibi omnes silent venti, Plin. ep.: silere ventum protinus iussit (Christus), Lact.: silens a ventis dies, Colum.: cum vero venti a Pontico mari spirant, quidquid sabuli in campis iacet, converrunt, Curt. – Cu. Quid facitis, quaeso? Pa. Ventum. Cu. Nolo equidem mihi fieri ventulum, Plaut. Curc. 315 sq. (vgl. ventulus): u. so face ventum, Plaut. Cas. 636. – Sprichw., in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua, sich vergebliche Mühe machen, Catull. 70, 4: verba in ventos dare, in den Wind, vergeblich reden, Ov. am. 1, 6, 42: auch dicta dare ventis, Val. Flacc. 5, 21: ebenso ventis loqui in cassum, Amm. 15, 5, 8 u. 25, 9, 2: u. profundere verba ventis, Lucr. 4, 928 (931): cunctane in aequoreos abierunt irrita ventos? Ov. trist. 1, 8, 35. – dare verba et vela ventis, sein Versprechen-, sein Wort nicht halten, Ov. her. 2, 25. – ventis tradere rem, der Vergessenheit, Hor. carm. 1, 26, 3: ferre videre sua gaudia ventos, zu Wasser werden sehen, Verg. Aen. 10, 652: vento vivere, vom Winde leben, d.i. sehr kärglich sich behelfen, Cod. Iust. 5, 50, 2 extr. – B) übtr.: 1) die Blähung, nec ventos emittit (sc. venter), Colum. 6, 30, 8: venti per podicem frequentia, Cael. Aur. de signif. diaet. pass. 44. – 2) meton., ein sehr dünner, leichter Stoff, textilis, P. Syr. bei Petron. 55, 6. v. 15. – II) bildl., der Wind, a) als Sinnbild des günstigen od. ungünstigen Geschickes usw., venti secundi, Glück, günstiges Geschick, Cic.: alios vidi ventos, herannahenden Sturm = bevorstehendes Unglück, Cic. – vento aliquo in optimum quemque excitato, bei Erregung eines Sturmes, Cic. – b) für Erregungsmittel, omnes rumorum et contionum ventos colligere, Gerüchte, Cic. Clu. 77. – c) im Staate, quicumque venti erunt, wie die Winde wehen, d.i. wie die Umstände sein werden, Cic. ep. 12, 25, 5: Caesaris nunc venti valde sunt secundi, Cic. ad Att. 2, 1, 6: eorum ventorum, quos proposui, moderator quidam et quasi gubernator, sozusagen ein Obersteuermann, der die eben genannten günstigen Winde (= die Mittel, die Milo aufzubieten hat) gehörig zu benutzen weiß, Cic. ep. 2, 6, 4. – d) die Gunst, insofern sie ein Beförderungsmittel unserer Absichten wird, der eitle Beifall, verum omnes intellegimus in istis subscriptionibus ventum quendam popularem esse quaesitum, Volksgunst, Cic. Clu. 130. – e) vom nachteiligem Gerede, vento proicitur, Cael. in Cic. ep. 8, 8, 2.

2. ventus, ūs, m. (venio), das Kommen, Varro LL. 5, 72 u. 94; viell. auch in dem Wortspiele mit ventus (Wind) bei Plaut. cist. 14 sq.; Curc. 314–316.

ventus [CL] 1 wind; b (dist. acc. direction or name); c (as representing direction); d (transf., fig., or in fig. context, esp. w. ref. to lack of substance or constancy, or as carrying along or away). de eodem climate flante maximo ~o ignis excitatus est V. Cuthb. II 7; si ‥ repente flatus ~i major adsurgeret Bede HE IV 3; me circum validus ventus, nix, undique nimbus Alcuin Carm. 39. 4; candela in eam [laternam] missa exterius ut interius tam lucida ardebat, nullis ~orum flaminibus impedita Asser Alf. 104; maxima pars ejus [silvae] ~o corruit DB I 44vb; terra ‥ ex omni latere ~is exposita Gir. TH I 6; o quot et quanta mala ~us hic vehemens fecit navigantibus in Tharsis J. Ford Serm. 12. 4; pluvia et ~o et alia intemperie GlSid f. 144ra; secundis flantibus ~is, per octo dies ferebantur per mare (Brendanus 56) VSH I 129; c1440 post singulos ‥ ~os validos et magnas pluvias faciant scrutari campanilia Stat. Linc. II 356.  b ubi navem ascenderitis, tempestas vobis et ~us contrarius superveniet Bede HE III 15; c798 frigidissimus aquilo ~us alio de latere solidum ecclesiae inpellens parietem Alcuin Ep. 139; Boreas ~us gloria est Bern. Comm. Aen. 75; ~us meridialis, A. southwynde WW.  c portas [aulae] ‥ per quattuor mundi partes in eo constituens, quarum singulae ad unumquemque ~um quattuor angulis attendebant Bede Templ. 775A (cf. Andr. S. Vict. Dan. 73: ‘per quattuor ventos celi’: per quattuor partes mundi unde flant iiij venti principales); c1168 oculos in omnem ~um providentia circumducit ut beneficentia dignos eligat J. Sal. Ep. 260 (260); pater G. filios Dei a iiiior ~is collegit et in unam fabricam domus Dei in quatuor parietibus compegit Canon. G. Sempr. f. 54v.  d videmus aestatis fervore terras absumpto humore flaccentes et mox in pulverem quem proicit ~us esse conversas Bede Ep. Cath. 80C; cum sim ‘pulvis et cinis’, mirum non est si ~o temptationis aliquando impulsus corrui Alex. Cant. Dicta 135; verba sua ~is diffundere W. Malm. GP I 40; quid sunt verba hominum, nisi ~us formatus? (Ailr. Serm.) CC cont. med. IIB 79; non transeunt in ~um peccata nostra, non traduntur oblivioni (Ailr. Serm.) Ib. IID 83; pars illorum ‥ concupiscentie carnalis ardore consumitur, pars ‥ ire invidieque et odiorum gladio detruncatur, pars ‥ in ambitionis ~um penitus evanescit J. Ford Serm. 49. 7; set in ~um omnis cedit opera ubi hominis artificio celestis opifex molitur adversa V. Har. 2 f. 4b; si ‥ de personali perfectione loqueris, in ~um verba proicis cum hic sit sermo de statuum differentia Peckham Kilw. 142; 1325 auribus meis dolenter insonuit ~us urens, quod omnium Conditor vos subtraxerat ab hac luce Lit. Cant. I 162. 2 flow of air or other gas; b (transf., as filling container). organa hidraulica ubi mirum in modum per aque calefacte violentiam ~us emergens implet concavitatem barbiti W. Malm. GR II 168; superfluitas digestionis quedam abit in fumum et ructuationem ‥ quedam ‥ per secessum et ~um emittitur per anum Ric. Med. Anat. 224; attonitus ‥ Edwardus exivit continuo ut ~um reciperet ad refocillandam animam ejus W. Guisb. 211; pocius dicerentur pastores ~i ventris vel alterius temporalis pro quo se magis solicitant quam pastores animarum fidelium subditorum Wycl. Ver. III 168.  b vensica, vesica quia non est sine ~o Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 627; sicut plena ~o vesicula detumescit si acu modica perforetur, sic uno verbulo de follibus imperiti gutturis ventum loquacitatis excutiam P. Blois Ep. 92. 290D. 3 (bot., herba ~i, as name of various kinds of plant, also w. herba understood): a greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) or lesser knapweed (Centaurea nigra). b (~i major) comfrey (Symphytum officinale). c (~i media) common bugle (Ajuga reptans). d (~i minor) daisy (Bellis perennis). a herba ~i, i. scabiosa secundum quosdam SB 24; 13‥ herba ~i, jacea nigra, matefelon' et codwede idem Herb. Harl. 3388 f. 80v; 13‥ jacia nigra, madefelon, herba ~i idem Ib. f. 81.  b ~i major, anagalla, vel anagallum, simphitum, consolida major idem. G. et A. counfirie Alph. 189.  c ~i media. bugla idem. G. et A. bugle Alph. 190; 13‥ ~i meda [l. media], bugle MS BL Sloane 420 f. 121r.  d consolida minor, vicetaxicon, herba ~i idem Alph. 47; herba ~i, vicetoxicon, consolida minor idem Ib. 79; ~i minor, consolida minor idem. A. bonwrt, a dayesegh Ib. 190; ~i minor, i. consolida minor SB 43.

1 ventus, (7) ī, m. , ¶ 1 vent : Cic. Nat. 2, 101 ; Clu. 138, etc. ; ventus Africus Cic. Nat. 1, 101, le vent qui vient dʼAfrique, lʼAfricus ; Corus ventus Cæs. G. 5, 7, 3, le Corus [vent du N.-O.] || ventum exspectare Cic. Phil. 1, 8 ; Att. 16, 7, 1, attendre un bon vent || [expr. prov.] in vento et aqua scribere Catul. 70, 4, = perdre sa peine ; profundere verba ventis Lucr. 4, 931, jeter ses paroles au vent = parler sans résultat, ou in ventos dare Ov. Am. 1, 6, 42 ; [mais verba dare ventis Ov. H. 2, 25, jeter sa parole aux vents = ne pas tenir ses promesses] ¶ 2 [métaph.] vent, flatuosités : Col. Rust. 6, 30, 8 || tissu aérien, étoffe très fine : P. Syr. d. Petr. 55, 6, v. 15 ¶ 3 [surtout au pl., fig.] les souffles, les vents ; a) [qui mènent la barque de qqn] = bonne ou mauvaise fortune : Cæsar, cujus nunc venti valde sunt secundi Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6, César, qui a maintenant le vent tout à fait en poupe, cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 102 ; quicumque erunt venti Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 5, de quelque côté que souffle le vent, cf. Cic. Pis. 21 ; b) = tendances, influences, courants dʼopinion : omnes rumorum et contionum ventos colligere Cic. Clu. 77, recueillir tous les souffles de lʼopinion et des assemblées du peuple [observer dʼoù vient le vent en politique] ; eorum ventorum, quos proposui, moderator quidam Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 4, les souffles dont je viens de parler, [il nous faut] un homme qui les règle ; ventus popularis Cic. Clu. 130, la popularité : c) tempête soulevée contre qqn : Cic. Sulla 41.

2 ventŭs, ūs, m. (venio), venue, arrivée : Varro L. 5, 72 ; 94.

ventus , i. m.
風。災。順事。人稱好。風敌。新聞。— popularis 出名。— textilis 漏紗。細布。— se remittit 風已小。— silet vel ponit 風息。Concidit vel quiescit ventus 風減。風漸息。Ventis flantibus rejici 逆風而歸。Secundo vento cursum tenere 順風而直行。Adversis uti ventis 逆風而渡。Ventis vitam committere 以命付風。渡海。Ventis illud tradere 置于不問。Verba in ventos dare vel verba ventis (dat.) profundere 徒言。In vento scribere 捕風。Sternere ventos 息風。Si flantibus ventis rejiciemur 若逆風吹回。

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ventus ī, m

• cf. vannus, wind: (aër) effluens huc et illuc ventos efficit: qui (divi) simul Stravere ventos, H.: remissior, Cs.: prosper, L.: Corus, Cs.—Prov.: Verba dat in ventos, i. e. talks in vain, O.: tristitiam et metūs Tradam ventis, i. e. will throw from me, H.: ventis verba dedisti, hast thrown thy promise to the winds, O.: nec ferre videt sua gaudia ventos, V.—Fig., a wind: quicumque venti erunt, i. e. whatever circumstances may arise: alios ego vidi ventos, i. e. times of trouble: cuius nunc venti valde sunt secundi, i. e. who is now on the high tide of prosperity: vento aliquo in optimum quemque excitato, by raising a storm: ventum popularem esse quaesitum, i. e. popular favor.

Ventus

(ἄνεμος). Winds were regarded by Greeks and Romans alike as divine beings. In Homer, who mentions only the four chief winds, Boreas (North), Zephyrus (West), Eurus (East), and Notus (South), they are, according to one account ( Od. x. 1-75), committed by Zeus to the charge of Aeolus (q.v.). But elsewhere they appear as independent personalities, who, dwelling in Thrace, display their activity at the command of Zeus and other gods, and are invoked by men with prayers and sacrifices (Il. xxiii. 195). Hesiod (Theog. 378) calls these winds children of Astraeus and Eos, and distinguishes them as beneficent beings from the destructive winds, the children of Typhoeus (Theog. 869). Some particular myths speak only of Boreas and Zephyrus, from whom, on account of their swiftness, famous horses were supposed to be descended. Thus (Il. xvi. 150) the horses of Achilles are called the children of Zephyrus and Podargé, one of the Harpies (see Harpyiae). The latter, in accordance with their original nature, are also deities of the wind, or rather of the storm. In historical times the cult of the winds in general, or that of Boreas or Zephyrus in particular, flourished at special places in Greece. In Italy also the winds were held in much veneration, particularly the fructifying wind Favonius, which corresponded to Zephyrus. In Rome the tempests (tempestates) had a sanctuary of their own with regular sacrifices at the Porta Capena, which was founded in B.C. 259, in consequence of a vow made for the preservation of a Roman fleet in a storm at sea. Roman generals when embarking usually offered prayers to the winds and storms, as well as to the other gods, and cast offerings and bloody sacrifices into the waves to propitiate them. To the beneficent winds white animals were offered, and those of a dark colour to the malignant equinoctial and winter storms. The victims were generally rams and lambs.

In works of art the winds are usually represented with winged heads and shoulders, open mouth, and inflated cheeks. The most noteworthy monument, from an artistic point of view, is the Tower of the Winds, still standing in excellent preservation at Athens, on which eight winds are represented (Boreas, North; Kaikias, Northeast; Apeliotes, East; Eurus, Southeast; Notus, South; Lips, Southwest; Zephyrus, West; and Argestes or Sciron, Northwest).