venetus
Latin
Etymology
From Veneti; see Venetia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯e.ne.tus/, [ˈu̯ɛnɛt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.ne.tus/, [ˈvɛːnet̪us]
Adjective
venetus (feminine veneta, neuter venetum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the Veneti; Venetian
- 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 | |
Related terms
- veneticus
Descendants
- Aromanian: vinit
- Italian: veneto
- → Catalan: vènet
- → French: vénète
- → Romanian: venet
- Piedmontese: vénet
- → Portuguese: vêneto
- Romanian: vânăt
- → Romani: vuneto
- → Spanish: véneto
- Venetian: vèneto
See also
| candidus, albus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus | rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | āter, niger, piceus |
| pūniceus, murrinus, rūfus, ruber, russus, rūbrīcus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, auranteus, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx | gilvus, helvus, fulvus, flāvus, croceus, pallidus, lūteus, blondinus (ML.) |
| galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
| cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), blavus (ML.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
| violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
Noun
venetus m (genitive venetī); second declension
- a racing faction or team of the Roman circus, clothed in blue; the Blue faction
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 |
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)