venustus
See also: Venustus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From venus (“loveliness, charm”) + -tus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯eˈnus.tus/, [u̯ɛˈnʊs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /veˈnus.tus/, [veˈnust̪us]
Adjective
[edit]venustus (feminine venusta, neuter venustum, comparative venustior, superlative venustissimus, adverb venustē); first/second-declension adjective
- charming, friendly, lovely, pleasing, comely, beautiful, elegant
- Synonym: dulcis
- Antonym: invenustus
- (of style) artistic, elegant
- (figuratively) affable, elegant, charming
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | venustus | venusta | venustum | venustī | venustae | venusta | |
| genitive | venustī | venustae | venustī | venustōrum | venustārum | venustōrum | |
| dative | venustō | venustae | venustō | venustīs | |||
| accusative | venustum | venustam | venustum | venustōs | venustās | venusta | |
| ablative | venustō | venustā | venustō | venustīs | |||
| vocative | venuste | venusta | venustum | venustī | venustae | venusta | |
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “venustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “venustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- venustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “venustus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray