vehemensとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Disputed. The Century Dictionary (1911) traces this with uncertainty to vehō (“carry”) +‎ mēns (“mind”), thus "one who gets carried away in mind" → "ardent"; this appears to be supported by De Vaan. An alternative explanation (Sihler; essentially Lewis and Short) makes the first element vē- (“out of”) in a fanciful spelling, connecting it to Sanskrit वहिस् (vahis, alternative form of बहिस् (bahís, “out”)).

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈwe.(ɦ)ɛ.mẽːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈvɛː.e.mens]

形容詞

vehemēns (genitive vehementis, comparative vehementior, superlative vehementissimus, adverb vehementer); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. very eager; impetuous, ardent, furious
2. vehement
3. emphatic

語形変化

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

関連する語

• vehementer

派生した語

参照

Further reading

• “vehemens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “vehemens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “vehement”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.