venus

venus

See also: Venus, Venüs, Vénus, and Vênus

English

Etymology

From translingual Venus (“a genus of clams”), from 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 (Macrocallista nimbosa)
• cross-barred venus (Chione cancellata)
• lady-in-waiting venus (Chione intapurpurea)
• imperial venus (Lirophora latilirata)
• grey pygmy venus (Chione grus)
• striped venus clam (Chamelea gallina)
• elegant venus clam (Pitar dione)
• warty venus (Venus verrucosa)

Anagrams

• nevus

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Esperanto

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Verb

venus

1. conditional of veni

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French

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Participle

venus m pl

1. masculine plural of the past participle of venir

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Ido

Verb

venus

1. conditional of venar

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Latin

Noun

vēnus m

1. Theoretical form of vēnum used as lemma by some dictionaries.

Declension

Fourth/second-declension noun (defective), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	—
Genitive	—
Dative	vēnuī vēnō
Accusative	vēnum
Ablative	—
Vocative	—

Further reading

• “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)‎, 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