Latin search results for: venal

#1

adjective

Definitions:

  1. (that is) on hire
  2. for sale
  3. open to the influence of bribes
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#2

adjective

Definitions:

  1. for sale
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#3

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. slave dealer
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#4

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. capability of being bought (by bribes)
  2. corruptibility
  3. venality
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: Legal, Government, Tax, Financial, Political, Titles
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)