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Venus

See also: venus, Venüs, Vénus, and Vênus

Translingual Edit

 
Venus subrostrata
 
The Birth of Venus

Etymology Edit

Latin, after Venus (“goddess of beauty, love, sexual intercourse”). See images.

Proper noun Edit

Venus f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Veneridae – typical venus clams.

Hypernyms Edit

Hyponyms Edit

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English Edit

 
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Venus's planetary symbol

Etymology Edit

From Middle English Venus, from Latin Venus.

Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

Venus (plural Venuses)

  2. (astronomy) The second planet in our solar system, named for the goddess; represented in astronomy and astrology by ♀.
    • The Illustrated London Almanack 1867, London, page 45:
      Venus rises on the 1st day 1/4 to 5 a.m., and 4h. 25m. a.m. on the last day. [...] She is now beginning to move northward. [...]
  4. (Roman mythology) The goddess of love, beauty, fertility, and sexuality; the Roman counterpart of Aphrodite.
    • 1888 June 2, “Senoritas of Brazil. [Chicago Mail.]”, in The Cincinnati Enquirer, volume XLVI, number 154, page 13, column 3:
      Their figures are universally models for brunette Venuses, and their feet arch like rainbows, and are Cinderellian in size.
  5. a female given name
  6. (obsolete or poetry) Sexual activity or intercourse, sex; lust, love.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , II.ii.2:
      Immoderate Venus in excess, as it is a cause, or in defect; so, moderately used, to some parties an only help, a present remedy.
  7. (obsolete, alchemy, chemistry) Copper.

Synonyms Edit

  • (astronomy, astrology): ♀

Derived terms Edit

Translations Edit

See also Edit

Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star Sun
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets 		Mercury Venus Earth Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Eris
Notable
moons 		— — Moon Phobos
Deimos 		— Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto 		Mimas
Enceladus
Tethys
Dione
Rhea
Titan
Iapetus
Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon 		Triton Charon Dysnomia

Noun Edit

 
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Venus (sense 2) of Willendorf

Venus (countable and uncountable, plural Venuses)

  1. (historical, alchemy, chemistry) copper: A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.
    • 1807, A New and Complete Encyclopaedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Vol III‎[2], page 48:
      CRYSTALS of Venus or of copper, called also vitriol of Venus, is copper reduced into the form of vitriol by spirit of nitre, or by dissolving verdegris in good distilled vinegar, till the acid be saturated; it is very caustic and used to eat off proud flesh. It is also used by painters, and manufacturers, and sold under the name of distilled vinegar. See CHEMISTRY.
    • 2004, Maurice P. Crosland, Historical Studies in the Language of Chemistry‎[3], page 89:
      Another pair of terms which caused some confusion were Spirit of Saturn and Spirit of Venus, names suggesting compounds of lead and copper respectively. Jean Beguin described the preparation from minium and distilled vinegar of a liquid he called burning spirit of Saturn, e cause it was inflammable and he thought it was a compound of lead. Actually the lead takes no part in the reaction and the product of distilling lead acetate is impure acetone. Beguin’s terminology did not go without comment however, for Christopher Glaser later referred to ‘A burning Spirit of Saturn (as it is called) but rather, a Spirit of the Volatile Salt of Vinegar’. Tachenius referred to the product of distillation of copper acetate as ‘pretended spirit of Venus’ because it was really only distilled vinegar - the meaning which Macquer gave to the expression. It is typical of the confusion of terminology in early chemistry that the London Pharmacopoeia of 1721 gave the name Spiritus Veneris to sulphuric acid obtained by the distillation of copper sulphate.
    • 2013, John Read, From Alchemy to Chemistry‎[4]:
      The association of the heavenly bodies with known metals and also with human organs and destinies goes back to ancient Chaldea, the land of astrologers. In Chaucer’s words: ‘The seven bodies eek, lo hear anon. Sol gold is, and Luna silver we declare; Mars yron, Mercurie is quyksilver; Saturnian leed; and Jubitur is tyn, and Venus coper, by my fathers kyn.’ […] Corresponding names were bestowed upon salts of these metals by the alchemists, and some of them have persisted down to the present day. Some examples are lunar caustic (silver nitrate); vitriol of Venus (copper sulphate); sugar of Saturn (lead acetate); and vitriol of Mars, or Martial vitriol (ferrous sulphate).
  2. Any Upper Palaeolithic statuette portraying a woman, usually carved in the round.
    • 1986, Brian Hayden, “Old Europe: sacred matriarchy or complementary opposition?”, in Anthony Bonanno, editor, Archaeology and Fertility Cult in the Ancient Mediterranean: Papers Presented at the First International Conference on Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean, University of Malta, 2–5 September 1985, Amsterdam: B.R. Grüner Publishing Co., →ISBN, section I (Prehistory), page 23:
      While the goddess statues obviously did function in a very public, domestic context, there is no evidence that they were androgynyous or that they were the primary cult of importance. There are probably just as many phalli in the Paleolithic as there are Venuses.
    • 1990, D. Bruce Dickson, “An Interpretation”, in The Dawn of Belief: Religion in the Upper Paleolithic of Southwestern Europe, Tucson, Ariz.: The University of Arizona Press, published 1996, →ISBN, page 211:
      However, a number of well-crafted studies in recent years have forcefully questioned—and perhaps refuted—the view that the Venuses were simply or solely goddesses.
    • 2016, Jean Clottes, “Perceptions of the World, Functions of the Art, and the Artists”, in Oliver Y. Martin, Robert D. Martin, transl., What Is Paleolithic Art?: Cave Paintings and the Dawn of Human Creativity, Chicago, Ill., London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 148:
      Her proportions, the stylistic elements, the choice of anatomical elements represented are characteristic of the Aurignacian or Gravettian Venuses, known especially from the statuary of Central and Eastern Europe.

Anagrams Edit

Afrikaans Edit

Etymology Edit

From Dutch Venus.

Pronunciation Edit

  • Hyphenation: Ve‧nus

Proper noun Edit

Venus

  2. (astronomy) Venus
  4. (Roman mythology) Venus

See also Edit

Asturian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbenus/, [ˈbe.nus]

Proper noun Edit

Venus f

  2. Venus (planet)

Catalan Edit

 
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Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

Venus f

  2. Venus (planet)
  4. (Roman mythology) Venus (Roman goddess)

See also Edit

Cebuano Edit

Etymology Edit

From English Venus, from Latin.

Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

Venus

  1. the second planet in our solar system after Mercury
  2. (Roman mythology) the goddess of love, beauty, and natural productivity;
  3. a female given name from Latin

Danish Edit

Proper noun Edit

Venus

  2. Venus (planet)

See also Edit

(planets of the solar system) planeter i solsystemet; Merkur,‎ Venus,‎ Jorden/‎jorden,‎ Mars,‎ Jupiter,‎ Saturn,‎ Uranus,‎ Neptun [edit]

Dutch Edit

 
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Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

Venus f

  2. Venus (planet)

Estonian Edit

Proper noun Edit

Venus

  2. Venus (Roman goddess)

Faroese Edit

Proper noun Edit

Venus f

  1. Venus (planet)

See also Edit

Solar System in Faroese · Sólskipanin (layout · text)
Star Sólin
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets 		Merkur Venus Jørðin Mars [Term?] Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptun Pluto Eris
Notable
moons 		— — Mánin Phobos
Deimos 		— Io
Europa
Ganymedes
Callisto 		[Term?]
[Term?]
[Term?]
[Term?]
[Term?]
Titan
[Term?]
[Term?]
[Term?]
[Term?]
[Term?]
[Term?] 		Triton Charon Dysnomia

Finnish Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin Venus.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋe(ː)nus/, [ˈʋe̞(ː)nus̠]
  • Rhymes: -enus
  • Syllabification(key): Ve‧nus

Proper noun Edit

Venus

  2. Venus (planet)
  4. Venus (Roman goddess)

Declension Edit

Inflection of Venus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative Venus —
genitive Venuksen —
partitive Venusta —
illative Venukseen —
singular plural
nominative Venus —
accusative nom. Venus —
gen. Venuksen
genitive Venuksen —
partitive Venusta —
inessive Venuksessa —
elative Venuksesta —
illative Venukseen —
adessive Venuksella —
ablative Venukselta —
allative Venukselle —
essive Venuksena —
translative Venukseksi —
instructive — —
abessive Venuksetta —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Venus (type vastaus)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Venukseni —
accusative nom. Venukseni —
gen. Venukseni
genitive Venukseni —
partitive Venustani —
inessive Venuksessani —
elative Venuksestani —
illative Venukseeni —
adessive Venuksellani —
ablative Venukseltani —
allative Venukselleni —
essive Venuksenani —
translative Venuksekseni —
instructive — —
abessive Venuksettani —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Venuksesi —
accusative nom. Venuksesi —
gen. Venuksesi
genitive Venuksesi —
partitive Venustasi —
inessive Venuksessasi —
elative Venuksestasi —
illative Venukseesi —
adessive Venuksellasi —
ablative Venukseltasi —
allative Venuksellesi —
essive Venuksenasi —
translative Venukseksesi —
instructive — —
abessive Venuksettasi —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Venuksemme —
accusative nom. Venuksemme —
gen. Venuksemme
genitive Venuksemme —
partitive Venustamme —
inessive Venuksessamme —
elative Venuksestamme —
illative Venukseemme —
adessive Venuksellamme —
ablative Venukseltamme —
allative Venuksellemme —
essive Venuksenamme —
translative Venukseksemme —
instructive — —
abessive Venuksettamme —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Venuksenne —
accusative nom. Venuksenne —
gen. Venuksenne
genitive Venuksenne —
partitive Venustanne —
inessive Venuksessanne —
elative Venuksestanne —
illative Venukseenne —
adessive Venuksellanne —
ablative Venukseltanne —
allative Venuksellenne —
essive Venuksenanne —
translative Venukseksenne —
instructive — —
abessive Venuksettanne —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Venuksensa —
accusative nom. Venuksensa —
gen. Venuksensa
genitive Venuksensa —
partitive Venustaan
Venustansa 		—
inessive Venuksessaan
Venuksessansa 		—
elative Venuksestaan
Venuksestansa 		—
illative Venukseensa —
adessive Venuksellaan
Venuksellansa 		—
ablative Venukseltaan
Venukseltansa 		—
allative Venukselleen
Venuksellensa 		—
essive Venuksenaan
Venuksenansa 		—
translative Venuksekseen
Venukseksensa 		—
instructive — —
abessive Venuksettaan
Venuksettansa 		—
comitative — —

Compounds Edit

See also Edit

Solar System in Finnish · Aurinkokunta (layout · text)
Star Aurinko
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets 		Merkurius Venus Maa (Tellus) Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturnus Uranus Neptunus Pluto Eris
Notable
moons 		— — Kuu Phobos
Deimos 		— Io
Europa
Ganymedes
Kallisto 		Mimas
Enceladus
Tethys
Dione
Rhea
Titan
Japetus
Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon 		Triton Kharon Dysnomia

Anagrams Edit

Galician Edit

 
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Proper noun Edit

Venus f

  2. Venus (planet)
  4. Venus (Roman goddess)

See also Edit

German Edit

 Venus on German Wikipedia
 
Venus [2] und Amor

Etymology Edit

Learned borrowing from Latin Venus.

Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

Venus f (proper noun, genitive Venus)

  2. (astronomy) Venus
  4. (Roman mythology) Venus

Derived terms Edit

(planet):

Noun Edit

Venus f (genitive Venus, no plural)

  1. (figurative) very beautiful woman

Declension Edit

Declension of Venus [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Venus
genitive einer der Venus
dative einer der Venus
accusative eine die Venus

See also Edit

References Edit

Icelandic Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin Venus.

Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

Venus f

  2. Venus (planet)
  4. Venus (Roman goddess)
  5. a female given name

See also Edit

Solar System in Icelandic · Sólkerfið (layout · text)
Star Sólin
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets 		Merkúr Venus Jörðin Mars Seres Júpíter Satúrnus Úranus Neptúnus Plútó Eris
Notable
moons 		— — Tunglið Fóbos
Deimos 		— Íó
Evrópa
Ganýmedes
Kallistó 		Mímas
Enkeladus
Teþis
Díóne
Rea
Títan
Japetus
Míranda
Aríel
Úmbríel
Títanía
Óberon 		Tríton Karon Dysnómía

Latin Edit

Etymology Edit

From venus (“loveliness”), see there for more.

Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

Venus f (genitive Veneris); third declension

  1. (Roman mythology) Venus (goddess of love and beauty)
  2. (astronomy) Venus (planet)
    Synonym: Lūcifer
  3. (poetic) metaphor for the genus of animation, living matter
    • c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 1.1–5:[1]
      Aeneadum genetrīx, hominum dīvomque voluptās,
      alma Venus, caelī subter lābentia signa
      quae mare nāvigerum, quae terrās frūgiferentīs
      concelebrās, per tē quoniam genus omne animantum
      concipitur
      • 1916 translation by William Ellery Leonard
        Mother of Rome, delight of Gods and men,
        Dear Venus that beneath the gliding stars
        Makest to teem the many-voyaged main
        And fruitful lands - for all of living things
        Through thee alone are evermore conceived
  4. (alchemy, chemistry) copper
  5. See venus.

Declension Edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Venus Venerēs
Genitive Veneris Venerum
Dative Venerī Veneribus
Accusative Venerem Venerēs
Ablative Venere Veneribus
Vocative Venus Venerēs

Derived terms Edit

Descendants Edit

  • → French: Vénus
  • → Italian: Venere
  • → Middle English: Venus
  • → Portuguese: Vénus, Vênus
  • → Spanish: Venus

References Edit

  1. ^ “Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, Liber Primus, line 1”, in Perseus Digital Library‎[1], accessed 2022-10-28

Middle English Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin Venus.

Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

Venus

  1. The Roman goddess governing love and sexuality; Venus.
  2. The planet closely associated with the evening: Venus.
    Synonyms: Vesper, even sterne, even sterre, eventide sterre, morwe sterre, morwetide sterre

Related terms Edit

Descendants Edit

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References Edit

Northern Sami Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from Norwegian Venus.

Pronunciation Edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈvenuːs/

Proper noun Edit

Venus

  2. Venus (planet)

Inflection Edit

Odd, no gradation
Nominative Venus
Genitive Venusa
Singular Plural
Nominative Venus Venusat
Accusative Venusa Venusiid
Genitive Venusa Venusiid
Illative Venusii Venusiidda
Locative Venusis Venusiin
Comitative Venusiin Venusiiguin
Essive Venusin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person Venusan Venuseamẹ Venuseamẹt
2nd person Venusat Venuseattẹ Venuseattẹt
3rd person Venusis Venuseaskkạ Venuseasẹt

See also Edit

Further reading Edit

  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[5], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Edit

Proper noun Edit

Venus

  2. Venus (planet)
  4. Venus (Roman goddess)

See also Edit

Romanian Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from French Vénus, from Latin Venus.

Proper noun Edit

Venus f

  2. Venus (planet)
  4. Venus (Roman goddess)
  5. A locality in Mangalia, Constanța, Romania

Spanish Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbenus/ [ˈbe.nus]
  • Rhymes: -enus
  • Syllabification: Ve‧nus

Proper noun Edit

Venus f

  2. Venus (planet)
  3. (Roman mythology) Venus (Roman goddess)

Derived terms Edit

See also Edit

Swedish Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

Venus c (genitive Venus)

  2. Venus (planet)
  4. Venus (Roman goddess)

Anagrams Edit

Tagalog Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from English Venus, from Latin Venus.

Pronunciation Edit

  • Hyphenation: Ve‧nus
  • IPA(key): /ˈvinus/, [ˈvi.nʊs]
  • IPA(key): /ˈbinus/, [ˈbi.nʊs]

Proper noun Edit

Venus (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜓᜐ᜔)

  1. a female given name from English
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