vin'

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vin"

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Contraction of vīsne (univerbation of vīs (“you want”) +‎ -ne (interrogative enclitic particle)).

Pronunciation

Contraction

vīn'?

  1. want? wanna? (do you want?)
    Vīn' prōferrī pateram?[1] ― Want the bowl brought out?

References

  1. ^
    c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon 769

Further reading

  • “vīn'”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “vīn”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “vīn'”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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