venus

From translingual Venus (“a genus of clams”), from Latin.

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

venus (plural venuses)

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

• 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)

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venus

1. conditional of veni

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venus m pl

1. masculine plural of the past participle of venir

venus

1. conditional of venar

vēnus m

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

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

• “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

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

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.

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

From Latin vēnōsus.

venus

1. venous