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Windiness

  • 1 ventositas

    ventōsĭtas, ātis, f. [ventosus] (postclass.).
    I.
    Lit., windiness, flatulence, ventosity:

    ventris,

    Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 5:

    stomachi,

    App. Herb. 126.—
    II.
    Trop., a puffing up, inflation, conceit, Fulg. Myth. 2, 17.

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  • 2 ventus

    ventus, i, m. [Sanscr. vā, blow; vatas, wind; Gr. root aW-, aô, aêmi, to blow; whence aêr, aura, 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 Aera, 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; id. Trin. 4, 1, 16.—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.

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