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

  1. of or pertaining to the Veneti; Venetian
  2. 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

Descendants
  • Aromanian: vinit
  • Italian: veneto
  • Piedmontese: vénet
  • → Portuguese: vêneto
  • Romanian: vânăt
  • → Spanish: véneto
  • Venetian: vèneto

See also
Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     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

  1. 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)
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