[ˈwɛ.nʊs], [ˈvɛː.nus]
OriginFrom venus (“loveliness”), see there for more.
- Roman, declension-3, feminineVenus (goddess of love and beauty)
“sine Cerere et Līberō frīget Venus” — without Ceres and Liber, Venus freezes
(without food and wine, love doesn't thrive)
- declension-3, feminineVenus (planet)
- declension-3, feminine, poeticmetaphor for the genus of animation, living matter
“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 tr” — And fruitful lands - for all of living things
Through thee alone are evermore conceived
- declension-3, femininecopper
- declension-3, femininethe best throw at the dice
“Talis enim iactatis, ut quisque canem aut senionem miserat, in singulos talos singulos denarios in medium conferebat, quos tollebat uniuersos, qui Venerem iecerat” — When the tali (an oblong dice) would be thrown, those who had gotten an ace or a six had to place a denarius in the middle of the table for each dice thrown, the one that would achieve in getting a Ve
- declension-3, feminine, uncountableloveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charm
- countable, declension-3, femininelove, beloved (person or object)
- Theoretical form of vēnum used as lemma by some dictionaries.
FormsVeneris(genitive) · Venus(nominative, singular) · Venerēs(nominative, plural) · Veneris(genitive, singular) · Venerum(genitive, plural) · Venerī(dative, singular) · Veneribus(dative, plural) · Venerem(accusative, singular) · Venerēs(accusative, plural) · Venere(ablative, singular) · Veneribus(ablative, plural) · Venus(singular, vocative) · Venerēs(plural, vocative) · veneris(genitive) · venus(nominative, singular) · venerēs(nominative, plural) · veneris(genitive, singular) · venerum(genitive, plural) · venerī(dative, singular) · veneribus(dative, plural)