venus
English edit
Etymology edit
From translingual Venus (“a genus of clams”), from Latin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
venus (plural venuses)
Derived terms edit
- sunray venus (Macrocallista nimbosa)
- cross-barred venus (Chione cancellata)
- lady-in-waiting venus (Chione intapurpurea)
- imperial venus (Lirophora latilirata)
- grey pygmy venus (Chione grus)
- striped venus clam (Chamelea gallina)
- elegant venus clam (Pitar dione)
- warty venus (Venus verrucosa)
Anagrams edit
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
venus
- conditional of veni
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Pronunciation edit
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Participle edit
venus m pl
Ido edit
Verb edit
venus
- conditional of venar
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *wénh₁-os ~ *wénh₁-es-os n (“loveliness”), from the root *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”).[1] Cognate with Sanskrit वनस् n (vánas, “loveliness, desire”) and possibly also cognate with Old Norse vanir and Old English wana (“gods of love”). Although comparative evidence suggests that the name of the goddess Venus originated as a personification of the noun 'loveliness'; this Latin noun can be interpreted in the historical period as a figurative or transferred use of the goddess's name (note its feminine gender, as opposed to the neuter gender that is reconstructed for the original noun). Accordingly, many edited works capitalize the term.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯e.nus/, [ˈu̯ɛnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.nus/, [ˈvɛːnus]
Noun edit
venus f (genitive veneris); third declension
- (uncountable) loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charm
- (countable) love, beloved (person or object)
- 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
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- see: Venus
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “venus, -eris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 663
Further reading edit
- “venus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
vēnus m
- Theoretical form of vēnum used as lemma by some dictionaries.
Declension edit
Fourth/second-declension noun (defective), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | — |
Genitive | — |
Dative | vēnuī vēnō |
Accusative | vēnum |
Ablative | — |
Vocative | — |
Further reading edit
- “venus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- venus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- venus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
From Venus, borrowed from Latin Venus. So named because of its astrological association with the planet.
Noun edit
venus (uncountable)
- (rare) The reddish-brown metal; copper.
- 1475, The Book of Quintessence:
- This water forsoþe is so strong, þat if a litil drope þerof falle vpon ȝoure hond, anoon it wole perce it þoruȝ-out; and in þe same maner it wole do, if it falle vpon a plate of venus.
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Synonyms edit
See also edit
References edit
- “Venus, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.
Piedmontese edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
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