venus

See also: Venus, Venüs, Vénus, and Vênus

English

Etymology

From translingual Venus (“a genus of clams”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːnəs/
• Rhymes: -iːnəs
• Homophones: Venus, venous

Noun

venus (plural venuses)

1. Any of the bivalve molluscs in the genus Venus or family Veneridae.

Derived terms

• sunray venus ()
• cross-barred venus ()
• lady-in-waiting venus ()
• imperial venus ()
• grey pygmy venus ()
• striped venus clam ()
• elegant venus clam ()
• warty venus ()

Anagrams

• nevus

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Verb

venus

1. conditional of veni

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French

Verb

venus

1. masculine plural of the past participle of venir

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Ido

Verb

(deprecated template usage) venus

1. conditional of venar

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Latin

Alternative forms

• vēnum

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to sell, buy”). Cognate with vīlis, Ancient Greek ὦνος (ônos), ὠνέομαι (ōnéomai, “to buy”), Sanskrit वस्नयति (vasnayati, “to haggle”), वस्न (vasna, “price”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯eː.nus/, [ˈu̯eːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.nus/, [ˈvɛːnus]

Noun

vēnus m (genitive vēnūs); fourth declension

1. sale, purchase

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vēnus	vēnūs
Genitive	vēnūs	vēnuum
Dative	vēnuī	vēnibus
Accusative	vēnum	vēnūs
Ablative	vēnū	vēnibus
Vocative	vēnus	vēnūs

Derived terms

• vēnālis
• vēndō
• vēneō

References

• “venus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “venus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• venus 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)
• venus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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Middle English

Etymology

From Venus, borrowed from Latin Venus. So named because of its astrological association with the planet.

Noun

venus (uncountable)

1. (rare) The reddish-brown metal; copper.
   • 1475, The Book of Quintessence.

     This water forsoþe is so strong, þat if a litil drope þerof falle vpon ȝoure hond, anoon it wole perce it þoruȝ-out; and in þe same maner it wole do, if it falle vpon a plate of venus.

Synonyms

• coper

See also

• Venus

References

• “Venus (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.

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Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin vēnōsus.

Adjective

venus

1. venous