venetus

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Latin

Etymology

From Venetī +‎ -us or directly from the unknown original endonym.

Pronunciation

Adjective

venetus (feminine veneta, neuter venetum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (historical) Venetian, of or related to the Veneti
  2. (Medieval Latin) Venetian, of or related to Venice
  3. blue, blue-green, sea-blue

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative venetus veneta venetum venetī venetae veneta
Genitive venetī venetae venetī venetōrum venetārum venetōrum
Dative venetō venetō venetīs
Accusative venetum venetam venetum venetōs venetās veneta
Ablative venetō venetā venetō venetīs
Vocative venete veneta venetum venetī venetae veneta

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See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeusgrīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceusmurrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

Noun

venetus m (genitive venetī); second declension

  1. (historical, sports) the Blues, the racing faction of the Roman and Constantinopolitan circus clothed in blue

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative venetus venetī
Genitive venetī venetōrum
Dative venetō venetīs
Accusative venetum venetōs
Ablative venetō venetīs
Vocative venete venetī

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References

  • venetus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • venetus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)