LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

vēnōsus

vēnōsus (feminine vēnōsa, neuter vēnōsum)
Classical[weːˈnoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[veˈnɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivefull of veins, veiny, venous
  2. adjectivefigurativelydry, meagre

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevēnōsusvēnōsavēnōsum
genitivevēnōsīvēnōsaevēnōsī
dativevēnōsōvēnōsaevēnōsō
accusativevēnōsumvēnōsamvēnōsum
ablativevēnōsōvēnōsāvēnōsō
vocativevēnōsevēnōsavēnōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevēnōsīvēnōsaevēnōsa
genitivevēnōsōrumvēnōsārumvēnōsōrum
dativevēnōsīsvēnōsīsvēnōsīs
accusativevēnōsōsvēnōsāsvēnōsa
ablativevēnōsīsvēnōsīsvēnōsīs
vocativevēnōsīvēnōsaevēnōsa

vēnōsus, a, um, adj. vena,
I. full of veins, veiny, venous.
I. Lit.: renes, Cels. 4, 1: folia, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 58: radices, id. 25, 13, 100, § 157: smaragdi, id. 37, 5, 18, § 72.—Comp.: intybum, Plin. 20, 8, 29, § 73. —*
II. Trop.: liber Acci, dry, meagre, Pers. 1, 76.

Origins

From vēna (“a blood vessel, vein”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”, adjectival suffix).

Descendants
  • Englishvenous
  • Englishvenose
  • Italianvenoso
  • Portuguesevenoso
  • Romanianvânos
  • Sardinianvenosu
  • Sardinianbenosu
  • Spanishvenoso
  • Aromanianvinos
  • Aromanianvinosu

Quick answers

What does vēnōsus mean in Latin?
vēnōsus, a adjective, means “full of veins, veiny, venous; dry, meagre”.
How do you pronounce vēnōsus?
In classical Latin, [weːˈnoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [veˈnɔː.s̬us].