virtus

vir (“man, male”) +‎ -tūs (abstract noun-forming suffix)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ir.tuːs/, [ˈu̯ɪrt̪uːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvir.tus/, [ˈvirt̪us]

virtūs f (genitive virtūtis); third declension

1. manhood, manliness, virility
2. courage, resoluteness, gallantry

   Synonyms: spīritus, fortitūdō, fīdūcia, animus

3. virtue, goodness

   Synonyms: bonum, rēctum

   Antonyms: vitium, culpa, malum, iniūria, noxa, peccātum, dēlictum, error

4. excellence, merit, worth, character
5. (figuratively) strength (of medicine or herbs)

Third-declension noun.

• (manliness): virātus (Late Latin)

• virtuōsus

• “virtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “virtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• virtus 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)
• virtus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to have the reputation of virtue: opinionem virtutis habere
    
  • to quote Socrates as a model of virtue: a Socrate exemplum virtutis petere, repetere
    
  • to sing the praises of some one (not canere aliquem: alicuius laudes (virtutes) canere
    
  • what do we mean by 'virtue': quae intellegitur virtus
    
  • what do we mean by 'virtue': quid est virtus?
    
  • to walk in the ways of virtue: viam virtutis ingredi (Off. 1. 32. 118)
    
  • to make virtue the standard in every thought and act: omnia consilia et facta ad virtutem referre (Phil. 10. 10. 20)
    
  • to strive to attain virtue: virtutem sequi, virtutis studiosum esse
    
  • to live a perfect life: virtutis perfectae perfecto munere fungi (Tusc. 1. 45. 109)
    
  • to live as scrupulously moral a life as ever: virtutem pristinam retinere
    
  • this is a characteristic of virtue, it..: virtus hoc habet, ut...
    
  • to rouse in some one an enthusiasm for virtue: excitare aliquem ad virtutem
    
  • a good conscience: conscientia recta, recte facti (factorum), virtutis, bene actae vitae, rectae voluntatis
    
  • to incite to valour: ad virtutem excitare, cohortari (or simply adhortari, cohortari)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be virtuous: virtute praeditum, ornatum esse (opp. vitiis obrutum esse)
    
  • (ambiguous) to live as scrupulously moral a life as ever: nihil ex pristina virtute remittere
    
  • (ambiguous) to consider virtue the highest good: summum bonum in virtute ponere
    
  • (ambiguous) to deviate from the path of virtue: a virtute discedere or deficere
    
  • (ambiguous) to deteriorate: a maiorum virtute desciscere, degenerare, deflectere
    
  • (ambiguous) moral precepts: praecepta de moribus or de virtute
    
  • (ambiguous) to give moral advice, rules of conduct: de virtute praecipere alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) good luck to you: macte virtute (esto or te esse iubeo)
    
• “virtus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “virtus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray