proper noun · femininethird declension
Venus1
Venus f (genitive Veneris)
Classical[ˈwɛ.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈvɛː.nus]
Meaning
- RomanfeminineVenus (goddess of love and beauty)
sine Cerere et Līberō frīget Venus
without Ceres and Liber, Venus freezes161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Eunuchus 732 - feminineVenus (planet)
- femininepoeticmetaphor 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 translation by William Ellery Leonard Mother of Rome, delight of Gods and men, / Dear Venus that beneath the gliding stars / Makest to teem the many-voyaged main / And fruitful lands - for all of living things / Through thee alone are evermore conceivedc. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 1.1–5 - femininecopper
- 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 Venus won it all.121 CE, Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum, volume Aug.71: - feminineSee venus.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Venus ♀, ♀ēs, ♀rēs | Venerēs ♀ēs, ♀rēs |
| genitive | Veneris ♀is, ♀ris, ♀rum, ♀um | Venerum ♀rum, ♀um |
| dative | Venerī ♀ī, ♀ibus, ♀rī, ♀ribus | Veneribus ♀ibus, ♀ribus |
| accusative | Venerem ♀em, ♀ēs, ♀rem, ♀rēs | Venerēs ♀ēs, ♀rēs |
| ablative | Venere ♀e, ♀ibus, ♀re, ♀ribus | Veneribus ♀ibus, ♀ribus |
| vocative | Venus ♀, ♀ēs, ♀rēs | Venerēs ♀ēs, ♀rēs |
Vĕnus, ĕris (
I. gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. v. veneror, the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:
filius Veneris, i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf. puerum, id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2: Veneris mensis, i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—B. Transf.
1. Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):
sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus, Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6: Venus trivio conmissa, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19. Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.— 2. Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:
nec veneres nostras hoc fallit, Lucr. 4, 1185: mea Venus, Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—3. Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;
not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus? Hor. C. 4, 13, 17: ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque, id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1: fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte, Hor. A. P. 320: sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem, Quint. 10, 1, 100: quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur, id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.— Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.—Plur.: profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5: Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est, Quint. 10, 1, 79.—5. The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—
II. Derivv.: Vĕnĕrĕus or Vĕnĕrĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:
sacerdos, Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23: antistita, id. ib. 3, 2, 10: nepotulus, id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28: nutricatus, id. ib. 3, 1, 54: servi, temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143: visa, Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141: delphinus, wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1: nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse, id. 19, 9, 9: pira, a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—B. Substt.
1. Vĕnĕrĕus (Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—
2. Vĕnĕrĕi (Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—
3. Vĕnĕrĕae (Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.
Origins
From venus (“loveliness”), see there for more.
Elsewhere
- CatalanVenus
- FrenchVénus
- RomanianVenusfrom French Vénus
- GermanVenus
- ItalianVenere
- EnglishVenusfrom Middle English Venus
- OccitanVènus
- PortugueseVênus
- PortugueseVénus
- SpanishVenus
Chinese
- Cantonese維納斯
- Cantonese维纳斯
- Mandarin維納斯
- Mandarin维纳斯
Frisian
- West FrisianFenus
Kurdish
- Northern KurdishVenûs
Mongolian
- Cyrillic scriptВенус
- Cyrillic scriptВенера
Norwegian
- Norwegian BokmålVenus
- Norwegian NynorskVenus
- Northern SamiVenus
Serbo-Croatian
- Cyrillic scriptВѐнера
- Latin scriptVènera
Sorbian
- Upper SorbianWenus