venustus1
Meaning
- adjectivecharming, friendly, lovely, pleasing, comely, beautiful, elegant
- adjectiveartistic, elegant
- adjectivefigurativelyaffable, elegant, charming
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Formosus · Pulcher · Venustus
1. Formosus means beauty, as far as it excites pleasure and delight by fineness of form; pulchrum, as far as it excites admiration, is imposing, and satisfies the taste by its perfectness; venustum, as far as by its charms it excites desire, and captivates. Formositas works on the natural sense of beauty; pulchritudo, on the cultivated taste; venustas, on the more refined sensuality. Suet. Ner. 51. Fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto; that is, it had perfect and regular beauty rather than pleasing features, and possessed a cold, heartless sort of beauty, by which no one felt attracted. Comp. Catull. lxxxvi. Hor. A. P. 99. Cic. Off. i. 36. 2. Venustas, loveliness, is of higher import than gratia, grace; the former transports, the latter only attracts. (iii. 29.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | venustus | venusta | venustum |
| genitive | venustī | venustae | venustī |
| dative | venustō | venustae | venustō |
| accusative | venustum | venustam | venustum |
| ablative | venustō | venustā | venustō |
| vocative | venuste | venusta | venustum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | venustī | venustae | venusta |
| genitive | venustōrum | venustārum | venustōrum |
| dative | venustīs | venustīs | venustīs |
| accusative | venustōs | venustās | venusta |
| ablative | venustīs | venustīs | venustīs |
| vocative | venustī | venustae | venusta |
species, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 153: vultus, Ter. And. 1, 1, 93; Suet. Ner. 51: gestus et motus corporis, Cic. Brut. 55, 203: soror, Cat. 89, 2.—Sup.: diva venustissima Venus, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 4: forma, Suet. Aug. 79.—Transf., of inanim. things: sphaera venustior et nobilior, Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21: hortuli, Phaedr. 4, 5, 34: Sirmio, Cat. 31, 12: aspectus figurationis, Vitr. 3, 2.— Graecus facilis et valde venustus, Cic. Pis. 28, 70: plerumque dolor etiam venustos facit, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 3: venustum esse, quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur apparet, Quint. 6, 3, 18: (genus dictionis) sententiosum et argutum, sententiae concinnae et venustae, Cic. Brut. 95, 325: (antiqua comoedia) grandis et elegans et venusta, Quint. 10, 1, 65: transitus, id. 9, 2, 61.—Comp.: homines venustiores, Cat. 3, 1: longe venustiora omnia in respondendo quam in provocando, Quint. 6, 3, 13.—Sup.: repercutiendi genus venustissimum, Quint. 6, 3, 78: materia, id. 6, 3, 84: lusus, id. 5, 13, 46.—Adv.: vĕnustē, charmingly, gracefully, beautifully: venuste cecidisse, most delightfully, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2: dicere, Quint. 6, 3, 54: respondere, id. 5, 7, 31: eludere, id. 5, 13, 48: scribere mimiambos, Plin. Ep. 6, 21, 4.— Comp.: Hispanus hunc colorem venustius (adhibuit), Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 20.—Sup.: quibus venustissime Curio respondit, se, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2: omnia venustissime fingere, Quint. 6, 3, 41.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin venustus From venus (“loveliness, charm”) + -tus.
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