LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · femininefirst declension

Venusia

Venusia f sg (genitive Venusiae)
Classical[wɛˈnʊ.si.a]Ecclesiastical[veˈnuː.s̬i.a]

Meaning

  1. femininesingularVenosa (a town in Italy)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeVenusia—
genitiveVenusiae—
dativeVenusiae—
accusativeVenusiam—
ablativeVenusiā—
vocativeVenusia—
locativeVenusiae—

Vĕnŭsĭa, ae, f.,
I. a town on the borders of Apulia and Lucania, the birthplace of the poet Horace, now Venosa, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 104; Cic. Att. 5, 5, 1; 16, 5, 3; Liv. 22, 49; 22, 54; Vell. 1, 14, 6.—Hence, Vĕnŭsīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venusia, Venusian: silvae, Hor. C. 1, 28, 26: colonus, i. e. Horace, id. S. 2, 1, 35: lucerna, i. e. the poetry of Horace, Juv. 1, 51.—Subst.: Vĕ-nŭsīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Venusia, the Venusians, Liv. 22, 54; 27, 10.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyVenusiaVenusia (Οὐενουσία: Eth. Venusinus: Venosa), a city of Apulia, situated on the Appian Way, about 10 miles S. of the river Aufidus. It nearly adjoined …

Quick answers

What does Venusia mean in Latin?
Venusia, a proper noun, means “Venosa (a town in Italy)”.
What is the genitive of Venusia?
The genitive singular is Venusiae. Venusia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce Venusia?
In classical Latin, [wɛˈnʊ.si.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [veˈnuː.s̬i.a].