ventōsus — Lewis & Short
ventōsus, a, um, adj.ventus,
I full of wind, windy.
I Lit.:
folles,Verg. A. 8, 449:
loca,Lucr. 6, 468:
speluncae,id. 6, 537:
mare,Hor. C. 3, 4, 46:
aequora,Verg. A. 6, 335; Ov. H. 16 (17), 5:
Alpes,id. Am. 2, 16, 19:
dies,Quint. 11, 3, 27; Col. 11, 2, 78:
murmur,Verg. E. 9, 58:
auctumnus, hiems,Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 352:
alae,Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 5; Verg. A. 12, 848:
concha,i. e. the tuba, Luc. 9, 349:
cucurbita,i. e. cupping - glass, Juv. 14, 58; cf. Isid. Orig. 4, 11:
ictus,Val. Fl. 2, 269.—Comp.:
Germania,Tac. G. 5.— Sup.:
regio,Liv. 36, 43, 1:
uter,App. Mag. p. 309, 36.—
B Transf., like the wind, i. e. light, quick, speedy, swift, nimble (poet.):
equi,Ov. F. 4, 392; cf.:
mens cervorum,Lucr. 3, 299.—
II Trop.
A Light, changeable, inconstant, fickle: Lepidus homo ventosissimus, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 1:
Romae Tibur amem ventosus, Tibure Romam,Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 12:
tu levis es multoque tuis ventosior alis (of Cupid),Ov. Am. 2, 9, 49:
plebs,Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 37:
ingenium,Liv. 42, 30, 4:
extraordinarium imperium populare atque ventosum est,Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 17.—
B Windy, puffed up, vain, conceited, empty:
superbiebat ventosa et insolens natio, quod, etc.,Plin. Pan. 31, 2:
ventosus et mendax vanitate,Sen. Ira, 3, 8, 4:
gloria,Verg. A. 11, 708; cf.:
ventoso gloria curru,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 177:
lingua,Verg. A. 11, 390:
decus (opp. verus honor),Stat. Th. 10, 711:
ventosa et enormis loquacitas,inflated, bombastic, Petr. 2.—* Adv.: ventōsē, as if full of wind, inflatedly:
tumentes pulvilli,App. M. 10, p. 248, 22.