Venustus

== Latin == === Etymology === From venustus (“charming, lovely”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛˈnʊs.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [veˈnus.tus] === Proper noun === Venustus m sg (genitive Venustī); second declension A Roman cognomen — famously held by: Volusius Venustus, a Roman aristocrat ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Venustus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.