"virtus" meaning in Latin

See virtus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈwɪr.tuːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈvir.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Italic *wiros Latin vir Latin -tūs Latin virtūs From vir (“man, male”) + -tūs (abstract noun-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:af|vir<t:man, male>|-tūs<id:abstract noun><pos:abstract noun-forming suffix>|text=+|title=virtūs|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Italic *wiros Latin vir Latin -tūs Latin virtūs [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*wiros", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "vir", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "abstract noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tūs", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "abstract noun-forming suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "virtūs", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="virtūs"> From vir (“man, male”) + -tūs (abstract noun-forming suffix). Head templates: {{la-noun|virtūs<3>}} virtūs f (genitive virtūtis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|virtūs<3>}} Forms: virtūs [canonical, feminine], virtūtis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], virtūs [nominative, singular], virtūtēs [nominative, plural], virtūtis [genitive, singular], virtūtum [genitive, plural], virtūtī [dative, singular], virtūtibus [dative, plural], virtūtem [accusative, singular], virtūtēs [accusative, plural], virtūte [ablative, singular], virtūtibus [ablative, plural], virtūs [singular, vocative], virtūtēs [plural, vocative]
  1. manhood, manliness, virility Tags: declension-3 Synonyms (manliness): virātus [Late-Latin]
    Sense id: en-virtus-la-noun-VEU0qJOJ Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 16 26 16 25 16 Disambiguation of 'manliness': 95 1 2 1 1
  2. courage, valor, resoluteness, gallantry Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: spīritus, fortitūdō, fīdūcia, animus
    Sense id: en-virtus-la-noun-SPC25GgR Categories (other): Latin entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs, Latin entries referencing missing etymons, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tus, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs: 7 48 7 15 24 Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing missing etymons: 6 48 6 15 25 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 6 49 6 16 23 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 6 49 6 16 23 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 4 53 4 13 27 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 16 26 16 25 16 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tus: 6 50 6 23 15 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 6 50 6 15 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 55 3 8 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 60 3 6 28 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 5 60 5 13 17
  3. virtue, goodness Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: bonum, rēctum
    Sense id: en-virtus-la-noun-YZYItiNM Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Ethics Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 16 26 16 25 16 Disambiguation of Ethics: 17 17 30 17 17
  4. excellence, merit, worth, character Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-virtus-la-noun-RIWU3Y8f Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 16 26 16 25 16
  5. (figuratively) strength (of medicine or herbs) Tags: declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-virtus-la-noun-z51sA~LG Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 16 26 16 25 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: virtuōsus
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          "english": "Translation by W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn\nFor which reason the Helvetii also surpass the rest of the Gauls in valor, as they contend with the Germans in almost daily battles, when they either repel them from their own territories, or themselves wage war on their frontiers.",
          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.1",
          "text": "Quā dē causā Helvētiī quoque reliquōs Gallōs virtūte praecēdunt, quod ferē cotīdiānīs proeliīs cum Germānīs contendunt, cum aut suīs fīnibus eōs prohibent aut ipsī in eōrum fīnibus bellum gerunt.",
          "translation": "Translation by W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn\nFor which reason the Helvetii also surpass the rest of the Gauls in valor, as they contend with the Germans in almost daily battles, when they either repel them from their own territories, or themselves wage war on their frontiers.",
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        [
          "gallantry",
          "gallantry"
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          "word": "spīritus"
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        {
          "word": "fortitūdō"
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          "word": "vitium"
        },
        {
          "word": "culpa"
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        {
          "word": "malum"
        },
        {
          "word": "iniūria"
        },
        {
          "word": "noxa"
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        {
          "word": "peccātum"
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          "word": "error"
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      "ipa": "[ˈwɪr.tuːs]",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvir.tus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "virtus"
}
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          "lang": "Middle English",
          "lang_code": "enm",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "vertu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "word": "vertu"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "vertu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "virtût"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "virtude"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "virtù"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "vertù"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "lang_code": "lmo",
      "word": "virtù"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "vertut"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "lang_code": "ast",
          "word": "virtú"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "lang_code": "ast",
          "word": "vertú"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Leonese",
          "lang_code": "roa-leo",
          "word": "virtú"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Mirandese",
          "lang_code": "mwl",
          "word": "bertude"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Leonese",
      "lang_code": "roa-ole",
      "word": "virtude"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "word": "virtude"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Galician-Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "roa-opt",
      "word": "vertude"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "virtud"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Spanish",
      "lang_code": "osp",
      "word": "vertud"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "vërtù"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "vârtute"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "virtute"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "virtuti"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "vertù"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "word": "gwyrth"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "vir<t:man, male>",
        "4": "-tūs<id:abstract noun><pos:abstract noun-forming suffix>",
        "text": "+",
        "title": "virtūs",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?\nProto-Indo-European *wiHrós\nProto-Italic *wiros\nLatin vir\nLatin -tūs\nLatin virtūs\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*wiros\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"vir\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }, { \"id\" : \"abstract noun\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-tūs\", \"lang\" : \"la\", \"pos\" : \"abstract noun-forming suffix\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"virtūs\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"virtūs\">\nFrom vir (“man, male”) + -tūs (abstract noun-forming suffix).",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?\nProto-Indo-European *wiHrós\nProto-Italic *wiros\nLatin vir\nLatin -tūs\nLatin virtūs\nFrom vir (“man, male”) + -tūs (abstract noun-forming suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "virtūs",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtis",
      "links": [
        [
          "virtūtis",
          "virtutis"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūs",
      "links": [
        [
          "virtūs",
          "virtus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "virtūtēs",
          "virtutes#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtis",
      "links": [
        [
          "virtūtis",
          "virtutis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtum",
      "links": [
        [
          "virtūtum",
          "virtutum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtī",
      "links": [
        [
          "virtūtī",
          "virtuti#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtibus",
      "links": [
        [
          "virtūtibus",
          "virtutibus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtem",
      "links": [
        [
          "virtūtem",
          "virtutem#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "virtūtēs",
          "virtutes#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūte",
      "links": [
        [
          "virtūte",
          "virtute#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtibus",
      "links": [
        [
          "virtūtibus",
          "virtutibus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūs",
      "links": [
        [
          "virtūs",
          "virtus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "virtūtēs",
          "virtutes#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "virtūs<3>"
      },
      "expansion": "virtūs f (genitive virtūtis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "virtūs<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "manhood, manliness, virility"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "manhood",
          "manhood"
        ],
        [
          "manliness",
          "manliness"
        ],
        [
          "virility",
          "virility"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Translation by W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn\nFor which reason the Helvetii also surpass the rest of the Gauls in valor, as they contend with the Germans in almost daily battles, when they either repel them from their own territories, or themselves wage war on their frontiers.",
          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.1",
          "text": "Quā dē causā Helvētiī quoque reliquōs Gallōs virtūte praecēdunt, quod ferē cotīdiānīs proeliīs cum Germānīs contendunt, cum aut suīs fīnibus eōs prohibent aut ipsī in eōrum fīnibus bellum gerunt.",
          "translation": "Translation by W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn\nFor which reason the Helvetii also surpass the rest of the Gauls in valor, as they contend with the Germans in almost daily battles, when they either repel them from their own territories, or themselves wage war on their frontiers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "courage, valor, resoluteness, gallantry"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "courage",
          "courage"
        ],
        [
          "valor",
          "valor"
        ],
        [
          "resoluteness",
          "resoluteness"
        ],
        [
          "gallantry",
          "gallantry"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "spīritus"
        },
        {
          "word": "fortitūdō"
        },
        {
          "word": "fīdūcia"
        },
        {
          "word": "animus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vitium"
        },
        {
          "word": "culpa"
        },
        {
          "word": "malum"
        },
        {
          "word": "iniūria"
        },
        {
          "word": "noxa"
        },
        {
          "word": "peccātum"
        },
        {
          "word": "dēlīctum"
        },
        {
          "word": "error"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "virtue, goodness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "virtue",
          "virtue"
        ],
        [
          "goodness",
          "goodness"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bonum"
        },
        {
          "word": "rēctum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "excellence, merit, worth, character"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "excellence",
          "excellence"
        ],
        [
          "merit",
          "merit"
        ],
        [
          "worth",
          "worth"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "strength (of medicine or herbs)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strength",
          "strength"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) strength (of medicine or herbs)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwɪr.tuːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvir.tus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "manliness",
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "virātus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "virtus"
}

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