"Venus" meaning in Latin

See Venus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈu̯e.nus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈu̯ɛnʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈve.nus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈvɛːnus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From venus (“loveliness”), see there for more. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*wenh₁-}} Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Venus/Vener<3.-N.both>|g=f}} Venus f (genitive Veneris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Venus/Vener<3.-N.both>}} Forms: Veneris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Venus [nominative, singular], Venerēs [nominative, plural], Veneris [genitive, singular], Venerum [genitive, plural], Venerī [dative, singular], Veneribus [dative, plural], Venerem [accusative, singular], Venerēs [accusative, plural], Venere [ablative, singular], Veneribus [ablative, plural], Venus [singular, vocative], Venerēs [plural, vocative]
  1. (Roman mythology) Venus (goddess of love and beauty) Tags: Roman, declension-3, feminine Categories (topical): Roman deities
    Sense id: en-Venus-la-name-80T7CJUi Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 28 33 4 13 2 20 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 26 21 18 15 10 11 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. (astronomy) Venus (planet) Tags: declension-3, feminine Categories (topical): Astronomy Synonyms: Lūcifer, vesper
    Sense id: en-Venus-la-name-d3C8X0dA Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 28 33 4 13 2 20 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 26 21 18 15 10 11 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  3. (poetic) metaphor for the genus of animation, living matter Tags: declension-3, feminine, poetic
    Sense id: en-Venus-la-name-VF0FzHdy Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 26 21 18 15 10 11
  4. (alchemy, chemistry) copper Tags: declension-3, feminine Categories (topical): Alchemy, Chemistry
    Sense id: en-Venus-la-name-0W8G~iVd Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 28 33 4 13 2 20 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 26 21 18 15 10 11 Topics: alchemy, chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, pseudoscience
  5. (dice games) the best throw at the dice Tags: declension-3, feminine Categories (topical): Dice games
    Sense id: en-Venus-la-name-5zknwWi8 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 26 21 18 15 10 11 Topics: dice, games
  6. See venus. Tags: declension-3, feminine Derived forms (see): venus
    Sense id: en-Venus-la-name-l6FvnQTu Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 28 33 4 13 2 20 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 26 21 18 15 10 11 Disambiguation of 'see': 0 0 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: diēs Veneris, Venerius, venerius

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "33 38 0 2 0 26",
      "word": "diēs Veneris"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 38 0 2 0 26",
      "word": "Venerius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "33 38 0 2 0 26",
      "word": "venerius"
    }
  ],
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          "expansion": "→ French: Vénus",
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      ],
      "text": "→ French: Vénus"
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          "expansion": "→ Italian: Venere",
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      "text": "→ Italian: Venere"
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            "2": "Venus",
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      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: Venus\nEnglish: Venus"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: Vénus /Vênus",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: Vénus /Vênus"
    },
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            "Europe",
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          "english": "without Ceres and Liber, Venus freezes\n(without food and wine, love doesn't thrive)",
          "ref": "161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Eunuchus 732",
          "text": "sine Cerere et Līberō frīget Venus"
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        "philosophy",
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          "kind": "topical",
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        {
          "english": "And fruitful lands - for all of living things\nThrough thee alone are evermore conceived",
          "ref": "c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 1.1–5",
          "roman": "Makest to teem the many-voyaged main",
          "text": "Aeneadum genetrīx, hominum dīvomque voluptās,\nalma Venus, caelī subter lābentia signa\nquae mare nāvigerum, quae terrās frūgiferentīs\nconcelebrās, per tē quoniam genus omne animantum\nconcipitur\n1916 translation by William Ellery Leonard\nMother of Rome, delight of Gods and men,\nDear Venus that beneath the gliding stars"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When the tali (an oblong dice) would be thrown, those who had gotten an ace or a six had to place a denarius in the middle of the table for each dice thrown, the one that would achieve in getting a Venus won it all.",
          "ref": "121 C.E., Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum, volume Aug.71:",
          "text": "Talis enim iactatis, ut quisque canem aut senionem miserat, in singulos talos singulos denarios in medium conferebat, quos tollebat uniuersos, qui Venerem iecerat",
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      "ipa": "/ˈu̯e.nus/",
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        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈu̯ɛnʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈve.nus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvɛːnus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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}
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      "word": "diēs Veneris"
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        }
      ],
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        "singular"
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      "form": "Veneribus",
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      "form": "Venerem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Venerēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Venere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Veneribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Venus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Venerēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Venus/Vener<3.-N.both>",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Venus f (genitive Veneris); third declension",
      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Venus/Vener<3.-N.both>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "la:Roman deities"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "without Ceres and Liber, Venus freezes\n(without food and wine, love doesn't thrive)",
          "ref": "161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Eunuchus 732",
          "text": "sine Cerere et Līberō frīget Venus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Venus (goddess of love and beauty)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Roman",
          "Roman"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Venus",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "goddess",
          "goddess"
        ],
        [
          "love",
          "love"
        ],
        [
          "beauty",
          "beauty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Roman mythology) Venus (goddess of love and beauty)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Astronomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Venus (planet)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "Venus",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "planet",
          "planet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) Venus (planet)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Lūcifer"
        },
        {
          "word": "vesper"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin poetic terms",
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And fruitful lands - for all of living things\nThrough thee alone are evermore conceived",
          "ref": "c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 1.1–5",
          "roman": "Makest to teem the many-voyaged main",
          "text": "Aeneadum genetrīx, hominum dīvomque voluptās,\nalma Venus, caelī subter lābentia signa\nquae mare nāvigerum, quae terrās frūgiferentīs\nconcelebrās, per tē quoniam genus omne animantum\nconcipitur\n1916 translation by William Ellery Leonard\nMother of Rome, delight of Gods and men,\nDear Venus that beneath the gliding stars"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "metaphor for the genus of animation, living matter"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) metaphor for the genus of animation, living matter"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Alchemy",
        "la:Chemistry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "copper"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alchemy",
          "alchemy"
        ],
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "copper",
          "copper"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(alchemy, chemistry) copper"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "alchemy",
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "pseudoscience"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "la:Dice games"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When the tali (an oblong dice) would be thrown, those who had gotten an ace or a six had to place a denarius in the middle of the table for each dice thrown, the one that would achieve in getting a Venus won it all.",
          "ref": "121 C.E., Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum, volume Aug.71:",
          "text": "Talis enim iactatis, ut quisque canem aut senionem miserat, in singulos talos singulos denarios in medium conferebat, quos tollebat uniuersos, qui Venerem iecerat",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the best throw at the dice"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dice game",
          "dice game"
        ],
        [
          "throw",
          "throw"
        ],
        [
          "dice",
          "dice"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dice games) the best throw at the dice"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dice",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "See venus."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "venus",
          "venus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈu̯e.nus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈu̯ɛnʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈve.nus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvɛːnus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Venus"
}

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