Venta

See also: venta

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *wentā (“town, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wen- (“place (?)”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯en.ta/, [ˈu̯ɛn̪t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈven.ta/, [ˈvɛn̪t̪ä]

Proper noun

Venta f (genitive Ventae); first declension

1. the name of several towns of Britannia, modern England

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Venta	Ventae
genitive	Ventae	Ventārum
dative	Ventae	Ventīs
accusative	Ventam	Ventās
ablative	Ventā	Ventīs
vocative	Venta	Ventae

Related terms

• Venta Belgārum
• Venta Icēnōrum
• Venta Silurum

See also

• Isca

References

• “Venta”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly