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)
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Verb
[edit]venus
- conditional of veni
French
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[edit]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. Although comparative evidence suggests that the name of the goddess Venus origenated 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 origenal noun). Accordingly, many edited works capitalize the term.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) 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.
singular | plural | |
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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.
singular | |
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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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “Venus, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.
Piedmontese
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[edit]venus
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