venustus

See also: Venustus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *wénh₁-os ~ *wénh₁-es-os

Latin venus

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin venustus

From venus (“loveliness, charm”) + -tus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wɛˈnʊs.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [veˈnus.tus]

Adjective

venustus (feminine venusta, neuter venustum, comparative venustior, superlative venustissimus, adverb venustē); first/second-declension adjective

1. charming, friendly, lovely, pleasing, comely, beautiful, elegant

   Synonym: dulcis

   Antonym: invenustus

2. (of style) artistic, elegant
3. (figuratively) affable, elegant, charming

Declension

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

• invenustus
• venustē
• venustō
• venustulus

Related terms

• Venus
• venustās

Descendants

• Catalan: venust
• French: vénuste
• Italian: venusto
• Portuguese: venusto
• Spanish: venusto

References

• “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