venus

== English == === Etymology === From translingual Venus (“a genus of clams”), from Latin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈviːnəs/ Rhymes: -iːnəs Homophones: Venus, venous === Noun === venus (plural venuses) Any of the bivalve molluscs in the genus Venus or family Veneridae. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === nevus == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvenus/ Rhymes: -enus Syllabification: ve‧nus === Verb === venus conditional of veni == French == === Pronunciation === === Participle === venus m pl masculine plural of venu == Ido == === Verb === venus conditional of venar == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Indo-European *wénh₁-os ~ *wénh₁-es-os n (“loveliness”), from the root *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Sanskrit वनस् n (vánas, “loveliness, desire”) and possibly also cognate with Old Norse vanir. Although comparative evidence suggests that the name of the goddess Venus originated as a personification of the noun 'loveliness', this Latin noun can be interpreted in the historical period as a figurative or transferred use of the goddess's name (note its feminine gender, as opposed to the neuter gender that is reconstructed for the original noun). Accordingly, many edited works capitalize the term. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɛ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛː.nus] ==== Noun ==== venus f (genitive veneris); third declension (uncountable) loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charm (countable) love, beloved (person or object) See Venus. ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Oscan: ϝενζηι (venzēi, dat.sg.) see: Venus ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== “venus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== vēnus m Theoretical form of vēnum used as lemma by some dictionaries. ===== Declension ===== Fourth/second-declension noun (defective), singular only. ==== Further reading ==== “venus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "venus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “venus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Middle English == === Etymology === From Venus, borrowed from Latin Venus. So named because of its astrological association with the planet. === Noun === venus (uncountable) (rare) The reddish-brown metal; copper. ==== Synonyms ==== coper === See also === Venus === References === “Venus, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018. == Piedmontese == === Etymology === From Latin vēnōsus. === Adjective === venus venous