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.
vent (v.) Copy link Outline I. To let out by an apertureII. Fig. To give v. or expression1. ērumpo, ūpi, uptum, 32. effundo, ūdi, ūsum, 33. ēvŏmo, ui, ĭtum, 34. exprōmo, psi, ptum, 3 • vent (v.): I. To let out by an aperture: perh. per foramen ēmitto, mīsi, missum, 3: v. to let out. II. Fig. To give v. or expression: 1. ērumpo, ūpi, uptum, 3: lest they v. their wrath on me, ne in me stomachum e., Cic. Att. 16, 3, 1: Liv.: Ter.: Tac. 2. effundo, ūdi, ūsum, 3: he v.s his anger on the Maronitae, in Maronitas iram e., Liv. 39, 34, init. 3. ēvŏmo, ui, ĭtum, 3: to v. his venom and bitterness, e. virus acerbitatis suae, Cic. Am. 23, 87. 4. exprōmo, psi, ptum, 3: then he v.'d his hatred, deinde suum e. odium, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2: id. Mil. 13, 33: v. to display, express, pour forth.
VENT Copy link • VENT 1. s. Admission of air, aditus aeris. A vent-hole, spiraculum (Plin.); spiramentum (Vitr.): to give vent to (PROP.) = to admit air, ventilare (e.g., vinum; aditum aeris admittere; also, aperire caelum (Plin.): = to let out, rei viam aperire; (figuratively) erumpere: I must give vent to my joy, erumpere licet mihi gaudium (Terentianus): to give vent to one’s hatred, odium expromere or effundere (against anybody, in aliquem); odium dictis factisque explere: to give vent to one’s ill humor, displeasure, stomachum in aliquem erumpere; dolor meus in aliquem incursat: to give vent to one’s anger (against anyone), iram in aliquem effundere, evomere, erumpere; at a thing, iram in rem vertere; in rem saevire: not to give vent to one’s anger, iram supprimere or reprimere: to one’s hatred, odium sorbere (litterally, to swallow it). Sale, market, venditio mercium. A good or quick vent, *facilis et expedita venditio mercium: to find a good vent, *facile vendi: to find no vent, *repudiari: that has a good vent, vendibilis (opposed to invendibilis). 2. v. Vid: “to give vent to,” under the substantive.