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Latin
Etymology
From venus (“loveliness, charm”) + -tus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
venustus (feminine venusta, neuter venustum, comparative venustior, superlative venustissimus, adverb venustē); first/second-declension adjective
- charming, friendly, lovely, pleasing, comely, beautiful, elegant
- Synonym: dulcis
- Antonym: invenustus
- (of style) artistic, elegant
- (figuratively) affable, elegant, charming
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “venustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “venustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- venustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “venustus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray