vent (subs.) Copy link Outline I. An aperture, passage1. spīrācŭlum (a breathing-hole)2. spīrāmen (rare and poet.)3. spīrāmentum (a breathing-hole, pore)4. via5. fŏrāmen (an aperture)6. exĭtus, ûs (a passage out)7. sometimes perh. ēmissārium (an outlet of a pond, lake, etc.)II. Fig.III. Sale, market • vent (subs.): I. An aperture, passage: 1. spīrācŭlum (a breathing-hole): Virg. Aen. 7, 568: Lucr.: Plin. 2. spīrāmen (rare and poet.): Enn.: Lucan. 3. spīrāmentum (a breathing-hole, pore): heat opens v.s (in the ground): calor s. relaxat, Virg. G. 1, 90. 4. via: in plur. joined with spiramenta, Virg. G. 1, 90. 5. fŏrāmen (an aperture): Cic.: Plin. 6. exĭtus, ûs (a passage out): Plin. 7. sometimes perh. ēmissārium (an outlet of a pond, lake, etc.): Cic.: Suet. II. Fig.: escape, passage into notice or expression: Phr.: the matter took v., res percrebuit; in ore atque sermone omnium coepit esse, Cic. Verr. 2, 23, 56: their madness found v., furor erupit, id. Sull. 24, 67: their grief finds v. in tears, dolore erumpunt lacrimae, Quint.: when his tears found v., quum lacrimae prorumperent, Plin. Ep. 3, 16: v. to burst forth, break out: to give v. to: ērumpo: v. foll. art. III. Sale, market: vendĭtio: v. sale, market.