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ventus, -i (Lucretius)

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Definition: as air in motion VI 685

  • and cloud VI 125 (nubes-is), 444 (nubes-is), 260 (nimbus-i)

  • and fire VI 300, 310

  • and seeds of heat [vapor-oris] VI 274

  • and storm VI 124 (procella-ae), 269 (tempestas-atis)

  • and thunder VI 98

  • causing shower [imber-bris] VI 293

  • cold / warm VI 310, 319

  • eddy of [vertex-icis] VI 444

  • force of [vis venti] VI 128, 281, 295, 300, 310, 319, 431, 510, 560, 582, 592

  • making sound VI 115

  • underground VI 557

  • whirling [turbo-inis] VI 153

  • sign of VI 222

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whirling [turbo-inis]
uncertain trainslation. Further, the motion described in this passage does not seem to be similar to that of ‘eddy / vertex’.

Further Reading

Durant, N. The Importance of Wind and Air in Book 6 of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura (Bachelor thesis, Wesleyan University 2012).

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