a+goddess

fornācālis, e, adj. [fornax], of or belonging to ovens.

Adj.: dea, i. e. the goddess Fornax (v. fornax, II.), Ov. F. 6, 314.—

Subst.: Fornācālĭa, ium, n., the festival of the goddess Fornax, instituted, according to the fable, by Numa; the oven or baking festival, Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 8; Ov. F. 2, 527; Lact. 1, 20; Paul. ex Fest. p. 83 and 93 Müll.

fornācālis, e, adj. [fornax], of or belonging to ovens.

Adj.: dea, i. e. the goddess Fornax (v. fornax, II.), Ov. F. 6, 314.—

Subst.: Fornācālĭa, ium, n., the festival of the goddess Fornax, instituted, according to the fable, by Numa; the oven or baking festival, Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 8; Ov. F. 2, 527; Lact. 1, 20; Paul. ex Fest. p. 83 and 93 Müll.

Jana, ae, f., for Diana, the moon-goddess, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 3; Macr. S. 1, 9; cf. the letter D.—

The goddess of doors and passages, Tert. adv. Nat. 2, 15.

Jūno, ōnis, f., the goddess Juno, daughter of Saturn, sister and wife of Jupiter, and the guardian deity of women; as the foundress of marriage, she is also called pronuba Juno; and as the protecting goddess of lying-in women, Juno Lucina, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 11; Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68: prima et Tellus et pronuba Juno dant signum, Verg. [p. 1018] A. 4, 166.—

Juno inferna or infera, i. e. Proserpine, Verg. A. 6, 138; Stat. S. 2, 1, 147;

or, Averna,

Ov. M. 14, 114;

or, profunda,

Claud. Proserp. 1, 2;

or, Stygia,

Stat. Th. 4, 526.—

Esp. in phrases;

stella Junonis,

the planet Venus, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37:

urbs Junonis,

i. e. Argos, Ov. H. 14, 28:

per Junonem matrem familias jurare,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 201.—Prov.:

Junonis sacra ferre,

i. e. to walk at a slow and measured pace, Hor. S. 1, 3, 11.—

Comically transf.:

mea Juno, non decet esse te tam tristem tuo Jovi,

i. e. my wife, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 14; cf.:

ni nanctus Venerem essem, hanc Junonem ducerem,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 39: ejuno as interj. like ecastor, acc. to Charis. p. 183 P.—Hence,

Jūnōnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Juno:

tempus,

i. e. the month of June, Ov. F. 6, 63.—

Jūnōnĭcŏla, ae, com. [Junocolo], a worshipper of Juno ( poet.):

Adde Junonicolas Faliscos,

Ov. F. 6, 49.—

Jūnōnĭgĕna, ae, m. [Juno-gigno], Junoborn, i. e. Vulcan, Ov. M. 4, 173.—

Jū-nōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Juno, Junonian ( poet.):

hospitia,

i. e. Carthage, where Juno was worshipped, Verg. A. 1,671; so,

Samos,

Ov. M. 8, 220:

ales,

i. e. the peacock, id. Am. 2, 6, 55:

custos,

i. e. Argus, id. M. 1, 678:

mensis,

i. e. June, sacred to Juno, id. F. 6, 61:

Hebe,

i. e. the daughter of Juno, id. M. 9, 400; Val. Fl. 8, 231:

stella,

the planet Venus, App. de Mund. p. 58, 12:

insula,

one of the Fortunate Isles, Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 202.

Jūno, ōnis, f., the goddess Juno, daughter of Saturn, sister and wife of Jupiter, and the guardian deity of women; as the foundress of marriage, she is also called pronuba Juno; and as the protecting goddess of lying-in women, Juno Lucina, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 11; Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68: prima et Tellus et pronuba Juno dant signum, Verg. [p. 1018] A. 4, 166.—

Juno inferna or infera, i. e. Proserpine, Verg. A. 6, 138; Stat. S. 2, 1, 147;

or, Averna,

Ov. M. 14, 114;

or, profunda,

Claud. Proserp. 1, 2;

or, Stygia,

Stat. Th. 4, 526.—

Esp. in phrases;

stella Junonis,

the planet Venus, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37:

urbs Junonis,

i. e. Argos, Ov. H. 14, 28:

per Junonem matrem familias jurare,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 201.—Prov.:

Junonis sacra ferre,

i. e. to walk at a slow and measured pace, Hor. S. 1, 3, 11.—

Comically transf.:

mea Juno, non decet esse te tam tristem tuo Jovi,

i. e. my wife, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 14; cf.:

ni nanctus Venerem essem, hanc Junonem ducerem,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 39: ejuno as interj. like ecastor, acc. to Charis. p. 183 P.—Hence,

Jūnōnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Juno:

tempus,

i. e. the month of June, Ov. F. 6, 63.—

Jūnōnĭcŏla, ae, com. [Junocolo], a worshipper of Juno ( poet.):

Adde Junonicolas Faliscos,

Ov. F. 6, 49.—

Jūnōnĭgĕna, ae, m. [Juno-gigno], Junoborn, i. e. Vulcan, Ov. M. 4, 173.—

Jū-nōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Juno, Junonian ( poet.):

hospitia,

i. e. Carthage, where Juno was worshipped, Verg. A. 1,671; so,

Samos,

Ov. M. 8, 220:

ales,

i. e. the peacock, id. Am. 2, 6, 55:

custos,

i. e. Argus, id. M. 1, 678:

mensis,

i. e. June, sacred to Juno, id. F. 6, 61:

Hebe,

i. e. the daughter of Juno, id. M. 9, 400; Val. Fl. 8, 231:

stella,

the planet Venus, App. de Mund. p. 58, 12:

insula,

one of the Fortunate Isles, Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 202.

Jūno, ōnis, f., the goddess Juno, daughter of Saturn, sister and wife of Jupiter, and the guardian deity of women; as the foundress of marriage, she is also called pronuba Juno; and as the protecting goddess of lying-in women, Juno Lucina, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 11; Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68: prima et Tellus et pronuba Juno dant signum, Verg. [p. 1018] A. 4, 166.—

Juno inferna or infera, i. e. Proserpine, Verg. A. 6, 138; Stat. S. 2, 1, 147;

or, Averna,

Ov. M. 14, 114;

or, profunda,

Claud. Proserp. 1, 2;

or, Stygia,

Stat. Th. 4, 526.—

Esp. in phrases;

stella Junonis,

the planet Venus, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37:

urbs Junonis,

i. e. Argos, Ov. H. 14, 28:

per Junonem matrem familias jurare,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 201.—Prov.:

Junonis sacra ferre,

i. e. to walk at a slow and measured pace, Hor. S. 1, 3, 11.—

Comically transf.:

mea Juno, non decet esse te tam tristem tuo Jovi,

i. e. my wife, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 14; cf.:

ni nanctus Venerem essem, hanc Junonem ducerem,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 39: ejuno as interj. like ecastor, acc. to Charis. p. 183 P.—Hence,

Jūnōnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Juno:

tempus,

i. e. the month of June, Ov. F. 6, 63.—

Jūnōnĭcŏla, ae, com. [Junocolo], a worshipper of Juno ( poet.):

Adde Junonicolas Faliscos,

Ov. F. 6, 49.—

Jūnōnĭgĕna, ae, m. [Juno-gigno], Junoborn, i. e. Vulcan, Ov. M. 4, 173.—

Jū-nōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Juno, Junonian ( poet.):

hospitia,

i. e. Carthage, where Juno was worshipped, Verg. A. 1,671; so,

Samos,

Ov. M. 8, 220:

ales,

i. e. the peacock, id. Am. 2, 6, 55:

custos,

i. e. Argus, id. M. 1, 678:

mensis,

i. e. June, sacred to Juno, id. F. 6, 61:

Hebe,

i. e. the daughter of Juno, id. M. 9, 400; Val. Fl. 8, 231:

stella,

the planet Venus, App. de Mund. p. 58, 12:

insula,

one of the Fortunate Isles, Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 202.

Jūno, ōnis, f., the goddess Juno, daughter of Saturn, sister and wife of Jupiter, and the guardian deity of women; as the foundress of marriage, she is also called pronuba Juno; and as the protecting goddess of lying-in women, Juno Lucina, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 11; Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68: prima et Tellus et pronuba Juno dant signum, Verg. [p. 1018] A. 4, 166.—

Juno inferna or infera, i. e. Proserpine, Verg. A. 6, 138; Stat. S. 2, 1, 147;

or, Averna,

Ov. M. 14, 114;

or, profunda,

Claud. Proserp. 1, 2;

or, Stygia,

Stat. Th. 4, 526.—

Esp. in phrases;

stella Junonis,

the planet Venus, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37:

urbs Junonis,

i. e. Argos, Ov. H. 14, 28:

per Junonem matrem familias jurare,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 201.—Prov.:

Junonis sacra ferre,

i. e. to walk at a slow and measured pace, Hor. S. 1, 3, 11.—

Comically transf.:

mea Juno, non decet esse te tam tristem tuo Jovi,

i. e. my wife, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 14; cf.:

ni nanctus Venerem essem, hanc Junonem ducerem,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 39: ejuno as interj. like ecastor, acc. to Charis. p. 183 P.—Hence,

Jūnōnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Juno:

tempus,

i. e. the month of June, Ov. F. 6, 63.—

Jūnōnĭcŏla, ae, com. [Junocolo], a worshipper of Juno ( poet.):

Adde Junonicolas Faliscos,

Ov. F. 6, 49.—

Jūnōnĭgĕna, ae, m. [Juno-gigno], Junoborn, i. e. Vulcan, Ov. M. 4, 173.—

Jū-nōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Juno, Junonian ( poet.):

hospitia,

i. e. Carthage, where Juno was worshipped, Verg. A. 1,671; so,

Samos,

Ov. M. 8, 220:

ales,

i. e. the peacock, id. Am. 2, 6, 55:

custos,

i. e. Argus, id. M. 1, 678:

mensis,

i. e. June, sacred to Juno, id. F. 6, 61:

Hebe,

i. e. the daughter of Juno, id. M. 9, 400; Val. Fl. 8, 231:

stella,

the planet Venus, App. de Mund. p. 58, 12:

insula,

one of the Fortunate Isles, Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 202.

Jūno, ōnis, f., the goddess Juno, daughter of Saturn, sister and wife of Jupiter, and the guardian deity of women; as the foundress of marriage, she is also called pronuba Juno; and as the protecting goddess of lying-in women, Juno Lucina, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 11; Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68: prima et Tellus et pronuba Juno dant signum, Verg. [p. 1018] A. 4, 166.—

Juno inferna or infera, i. e. Proserpine, Verg. A. 6, 138; Stat. S. 2, 1, 147;

or, Averna,

Ov. M. 14, 114;

or, profunda,

Claud. Proserp. 1, 2;

or, Stygia,

Stat. Th. 4, 526.—

Esp. in phrases;

stella Junonis,

the planet Venus, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37:

urbs Junonis,

i. e. Argos, Ov. H. 14, 28:

per Junonem matrem familias jurare,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 201.—Prov.:

Junonis sacra ferre,

i. e. to walk at a slow and measured pace, Hor. S. 1, 3, 11.—

Comically transf.:

mea Juno, non decet esse te tam tristem tuo Jovi,

i. e. my wife, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 14; cf.:

ni nanctus Venerem essem, hanc Junonem ducerem,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 39: ejuno as interj. like ecastor, acc. to Charis. p. 183 P.—Hence,

Jūnōnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Juno:

tempus,

i. e. the month of June, Ov. F. 6, 63.—

Jūnōnĭcŏla, ae, com. [Junocolo], a worshipper of Juno ( poet.):

Adde Junonicolas Faliscos,

Ov. F. 6, 49.—

Jūnōnĭgĕna, ae, m. [Juno-gigno], Junoborn, i. e. Vulcan, Ov. M. 4, 173.—

Jū-nōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Juno, Junonian ( poet.):

hospitia,

i. e. Carthage, where Juno was worshipped, Verg. A. 1,671; so,

Samos,

Ov. M. 8, 220:

ales,

i. e. the peacock, id. Am. 2, 6, 55:

custos,

i. e. Argus, id. M. 1, 678:

mensis,

i. e. June, sacred to Juno, id. F. 6, 61:

Hebe,

i. e. the daughter of Juno, id. M. 9, 400; Val. Fl. 8, 231:

stella,

the planet Venus, App. de Mund. p. 58, 12:

insula,

one of the Fortunate Isles, Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 202.

nēnĭa ( naenĭa), ae (abl. neniā, dissyl., Ov. F. 6, 142), f., a funeral song, song of lamentation, dirge: naenia est carmen quod in funere laudandi gratiā cantatur ad tibiam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 161 Müll.; cf. Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 3; Diom. p. 482 P.:

honoratorum virorum laudes cantu ad tibicinem prosequantur, cui nomen nenia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 62:

absint inani funere neniae,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 21; Suet. Aug. 100.—

Transf.

A mournful song or ditty of any kind:

Ceae retractes munera neniae,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 38: huic homini amanti mea era dixit neniam de bonis, has sung the death-dirge over his property, i. e. has buried, has consumed it, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 3.—Prov.:

nenia ludo id fuit,

my joy was turned to grief, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 32.—

A magic song, incantation:

Marsa,

Hor. Epod. 17, 29.—

A common, trifling song, popular song; a nursery song, lullaby; a song in gen.:

puerorum Nenia, quae regnum recte facientibus offert,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 62:

dicetur meritā Nox quoque neniā,

id. C. 3, 28, 16:

legesne potius viles nenias?

mere songs, Phaedr. 3 prol. 10:

lenes neniae,

lullabies, Arn. 7, 237:

histrionis,

id. 6, 197.—

Nenia soricina, the cry of the shrewmouse when caught and pierced through, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 48.—

Personified: Nēnia, the goddess of funeral songs, the dirge-goddess, to whom a chapel was dedicated before the Viminal gate, Arn. 4, 131; Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 9.

nēnĭa ( naenĭa), ae (abl. neniā, dissyl., Ov. F. 6, 142), f., a funeral song, song of lamentation, dirge: naenia est carmen quod in funere laudandi gratiā cantatur ad tibiam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 161 Müll.; cf. Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 3; Diom. p. 482 P.:

honoratorum virorum laudes cantu ad tibicinem prosequantur, cui nomen nenia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 62:

absint inani funere neniae,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 21; Suet. Aug. 100.—

Transf.

A mournful song or ditty of any kind:

Ceae retractes munera neniae,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 38: huic homini amanti mea era dixit neniam de bonis, has sung the death-dirge over his property, i. e. has buried, has consumed it, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 3.—Prov.:

nenia ludo id fuit,

my joy was turned to grief, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 32.—

A magic song, incantation:

Marsa,

Hor. Epod. 17, 29.—

A common, trifling song, popular song; a nursery song, lullaby; a song in gen.:

puerorum Nenia, quae regnum recte facientibus offert,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 62:

dicetur meritā Nox quoque neniā,

id. C. 3, 28, 16:

legesne potius viles nenias?

mere songs, Phaedr. 3 prol. 10:

lenes neniae,

lullabies, Arn. 7, 237:

histrionis,

id. 6, 197.—

Nenia soricina, the cry of the shrewmouse when caught and pierced through, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 48.—

Personified: Nēnia, the goddess of funeral songs, the dirge-goddess, to whom a chapel was dedicated before the Viminal gate, Arn. 4, 131; Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 9.

Nŭmĕrĭa, ae, f. [numerus].

The goddess of counting: Numeria, quae numerare doceat, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 11.—

The goddess of speedy birth, Varr. ap. Non. 352, 31 sq.

Pallăs, ădis and ădos, f., = Pallas.

Surname of the Greek goddess Athene, and hence of the corresponding Minerva of the Romans, the goddess of war and wisdom; the inventress of working in wool, and of the cultivation of the olive, on which account the olive-tree was sacred to her:

Pallas Minerva est dicta, quod Pallantem Gigantem interfecerit, vel, sicut putabant, quod in Pallante palude nata est,

Fest. p. 220 Müll.:

Pallas... Proeliis audax,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 20; Ov. M. 5, 263:

Palladis ales,

the owl, Ov. F. 2, 89:

Pallados arbor,

the olive-tree, id. A. A. 2, 518; cf.:

rami Palladis,

Verg. A. 7, 154:

iratā Pallade, i. q. invitā Minervā,

Ov. F. 3, 826.—

Transf.

Oil:

infusā Pallade,

Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 4:

pinguis,

id. H. 19, 44.—

The olive-tree:

dat quoque baciferam Pallada rarus ager,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 8.—

The Palladium:

Helenum raptā cum Pallade captum,

Ov. M. 13, 99:

Pallade conspectā,

id. Tr. 2, 293.—

The number seven, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6; Mart. Cap. 7, § 738.—

For Vesta, because the Palladium stood in the temple of Vesta: Pallados ignes, Prop 4 (5), 4, 45.—

Deriv.

Pallădĭus, a, um, adj., = Palladios, of or belonging to Pallas, Palladian:

numen Palladium,

i. e. Pallas, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 12:

aegis,

of Pallas, Luc. 7, 570:

Palladiā gaudent silvā vivacis olivae,

Verg. G. 2, 181;

latices,

oil, Ov. M. 8, 275:

corona,

an olive-wreath, id. A. A. 1, 727:

arx,

Troy, Prop. 3, 7 (4, 8), 42:

arces,

Athens, Ov. M. 7, 399:

honores,

shown to Pallas, id. H. 17, 133: pinus, the Argo, because built under Minerva's direction, Val. Fl. 1, 475:

metus,

inspired by Pallas, id. 6, 408: forum, the Roman forum, because there stood a temple of Minerva, Mart. 1, 3, 8:

Palladia Alba, because Domitian caused the Quinquatria in honor of Pallas to be annually celebrated there,

id. 5, 1, 1; cf. Suet. Dom. 4:

Palladia Tolosa, because the sciences flourished there,

Mart. 9, 100, 3:

manus,

i. e. skilful, Stat. S. 1, 1, 5:

ars,

Mart. 6, 13, 2:

lotos,

the flute, id. 8, 51, 14.—

Subst.: Pallădĭum, ii, n., the image or statue of Pallas, which, in the reign of Ilus, fell from heaven at Troy, and during the Trojan war was carried off by Ulysses and Diomed, because the fate of the city depended on the possession of this image. It afterwards came from Greece to Rome, where Metellus saved it from the temple of Vesta when the latter was burned down, Verg. A. 2, 166; Sil. 9, 531; Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 29; Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 227; Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24; id. Scaur. 2, 48; Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 141; cf. Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 1 sq.; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 31.

Pallas, antis (voc. Pallā, Verg. A. 10, 411 al.; also Pallas and Pallan, acc. to Prisc. p. 702), m., = Pallas, the name of several mythic and historical personages.

Son of Pandion, the father of the fifth Minerva, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59; Ov. M. 7, 500.—

A king of Arcadia, the great-grandfather of Evander, Verg. A. 8, 54 Serv.—

Son of Evander, Verg. A. 8, 104.—

One of the giants, Claud. Gigant. 94; Fest. s. v Pallas, p. 220.—

A freedman of the emperor Claudius, proverbial for his wealth; slain by Nero, Plin. Ep. 7, 29; 8, 6; Tac. A. 12, 53; Juv. 1, 109; Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 134.—

Derivv.

Pallantēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pallas (the ancestor of Evander), Pallantian: moenia Pallantea, i. e. of the city of Pallanteum, in Italy (v. in the foll.), Verg. A. 9, 196 and 241:

apex,

of the Palatine, Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 644. —

Subst.: Pallantēum, i, n.

A city in Arcadia, the residence of Pallas, Liv. 1, 5 init.; Just. 43, 1.—

The city founded by Evander in Italy, on the site where Rome afterwards stood, Verg. A. 8, 54; 341.—

Pallantĭăs, ădis, f., Aurora, so called because descended from Hyperion, the uncle of the giant Pallas, Ov. F. 4, 373; id. M. 9, 420.—

Pallantis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., Aurora (v. Pallantias, supra), Ov. M 15, 700.— Transf., the day, Ov. F. 6, 567.—

Pallantĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pallas, Pallantian:

Pallantius heros,

i. e. Evander, Ov. F. 5, 647.

perfĭcus, a, um, adj. [perficio], completing, perfecting ( poet.):

natura,

Lucr. 2, 1116.—

Subst.: Perfĭca, ae, f., the finishing or completing goddess, she that perfects:

natura creatrix,

Lucr. 2, 1116.—

Of the goddess supposed to preside over sexual indulgence,

Arn. 4, 131.

Vĕnus, ĕris ( gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [v. veneror], the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:

filius Veneris,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf.

puerum,

id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

Veneris mensis,

i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—

Transf.

Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6:

Venus trivio conmissa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19; Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.—

Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:

nec veneres nostras hoc fallit,

Lucr. 4, 1185:

mea Venus,

Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—

Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;

not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17:

ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1:

fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte,

Hor. A. P. 320:

sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem,

Quint. 10, 1, 100:

quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur,

id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.—

Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.— Plur.:

profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5:

Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 79.—

The planet Venus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—

Derivv.:

Vĕnĕrĕus

or

Vĕnĕrĭus

, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:

sacerdos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

antistita,

id. ib. 3, 2, 10:

nepotulus,

id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28:

nutricatus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 54:

servi,

temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143:

visa,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

delphinus,

wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1:

nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse,

id. 19, 9, 9:

pira,

a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Vĕnĕrĕus ( Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum [p. 1971] est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—

Vĕnĕrĕi ( Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—

Vĕnĕrĕae ( Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum ( vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ônos, price; ônê, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn], sale.

Form venui (late Lat.):

rogavit haberetne venui lacte?

App. M. 8, p. 210, 12:

cantherium venui subicere,

id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—

Form veno (post-Aug.):

posita veno irritamenta luxus,

Tac. A. 14, 15:

quae veno exercerent,

id. ib. 13, 51.—

Acc. venum (class.):

dare aliquem venum,

to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6:

venum cuncta dari,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179;

hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret,

Liv. 3, 55, 7:

pileatos servos venum solitos ire,

Gell. 7, 4, 1:

venum iturum,

Sen. Const. 3, 2:

seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt,

Luc. 4, 206:

venum redibat,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.

Vĕnus, ĕris ( gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [v. veneror], the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:

filius Veneris,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf.

puerum,

id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

Veneris mensis,

i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—

Transf.

Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6:

Venus trivio conmissa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19; Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.—

Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:

nec veneres nostras hoc fallit,

Lucr. 4, 1185:

mea Venus,

Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—

Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;

not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17:

ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1:

fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte,

Hor. A. P. 320:

sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem,

Quint. 10, 1, 100:

quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur,

id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.—

Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.— Plur.:

profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5:

Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 79.—

The planet Venus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—

Derivv.:

Vĕnĕrĕus

or

Vĕnĕrĭus

, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:

sacerdos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

antistita,

id. ib. 3, 2, 10:

nepotulus,

id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28:

nutricatus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 54:

servi,

temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143:

visa,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

delphinus,

wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1:

nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse,

id. 19, 9, 9:

pira,

a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Vĕnĕrĕus ( Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum [p. 1971] est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—

Vĕnĕrĕi ( Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—

Vĕnĕrĕae ( Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum ( vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ônos, price; ônê, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn], sale.

Form venui (late Lat.):

rogavit haberetne venui lacte?

App. M. 8, p. 210, 12:

cantherium venui subicere,

id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—

Form veno (post-Aug.):

posita veno irritamenta luxus,

Tac. A. 14, 15:

quae veno exercerent,

id. ib. 13, 51.—

Acc. venum (class.):

dare aliquem venum,

to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6:

venum cuncta dari,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179;

hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret,

Liv. 3, 55, 7:

pileatos servos venum solitos ire,

Gell. 7, 4, 1:

venum iturum,

Sen. Const. 3, 2:

seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt,

Luc. 4, 206:

venum redibat,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.

Vĕnus, ĕris ( gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [v. veneror], the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:

filius Veneris,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf.

puerum,

id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

Veneris mensis,

i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—

Transf.

Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6:

Venus trivio conmissa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19; Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.—

Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:

nec veneres nostras hoc fallit,

Lucr. 4, 1185:

mea Venus,

Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—

Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;

not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17:

ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1:

fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte,

Hor. A. P. 320:

sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem,

Quint. 10, 1, 100:

quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur,

id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.—

Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.— Plur.:

profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5:

Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 79.—

The planet Venus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—

Derivv.:

Vĕnĕrĕus

or

Vĕnĕrĭus

, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:

sacerdos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

antistita,

id. ib. 3, 2, 10:

nepotulus,

id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28:

nutricatus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 54:

servi,

temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143:

visa,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

delphinus,

wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1:

nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse,

id. 19, 9, 9:

pira,

a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Vĕnĕrĕus ( Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum [p. 1971] est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—

Vĕnĕrĕi ( Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—

Vĕnĕrĕae ( Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum ( vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ônos, price; ônê, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn], sale.

Form venui (late Lat.):

rogavit haberetne venui lacte?

App. M. 8, p. 210, 12:

cantherium venui subicere,

id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—

Form veno (post-Aug.):

posita veno irritamenta luxus,

Tac. A. 14, 15:

quae veno exercerent,

id. ib. 13, 51.—

Acc. venum (class.):

dare aliquem venum,

to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6:

venum cuncta dari,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179;

hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret,

Liv. 3, 55, 7:

pileatos servos venum solitos ire,

Gell. 7, 4, 1:

venum iturum,

Sen. Const. 3, 2:

seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt,

Luc. 4, 206:

venum redibat,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.

Vĕnus, ĕris ( gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [v. veneror], the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:

filius Veneris,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf.

puerum,

id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

Veneris mensis,

i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—

Transf.

Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6:

Venus trivio conmissa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19; Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.—

Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:

nec veneres nostras hoc fallit,

Lucr. 4, 1185:

mea Venus,

Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—

Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;

not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17:

ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1:

fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte,

Hor. A. P. 320:

sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem,

Quint. 10, 1, 100:

quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur,

id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.—

Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.— Plur.:

profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5:

Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 79.—

The planet Venus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—

Derivv.:

Vĕnĕrĕus

or

Vĕnĕrĭus

, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:

sacerdos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

antistita,

id. ib. 3, 2, 10:

nepotulus,

id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28:

nutricatus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 54:

servi,

temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143:

visa,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

delphinus,

wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1:

nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse,

id. 19, 9, 9:

pira,

a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Vĕnĕrĕus ( Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum [p. 1971] est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—

Vĕnĕrĕi ( Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—

Vĕnĕrĕae ( Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum ( vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ônos, price; ônê, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn], sale.

Form venui (late Lat.):

rogavit haberetne venui lacte?

App. M. 8, p. 210, 12:

cantherium venui subicere,

id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—

Form veno (post-Aug.):

posita veno irritamenta luxus,

Tac. A. 14, 15:

quae veno exercerent,

id. ib. 13, 51.—

Acc. venum (class.):

dare aliquem venum,

to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6:

venum cuncta dari,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179;

hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret,

Liv. 3, 55, 7:

pileatos servos venum solitos ire,

Gell. 7, 4, 1:

venum iturum,

Sen. Const. 3, 2:

seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt,

Luc. 4, 206:

venum redibat,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.

Vĕnus, ĕris ( gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [v. veneror], the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:

filius Veneris,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf.

puerum,

id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

Veneris mensis,

i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—

Transf.

Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6:

Venus trivio conmissa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19; Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.—

Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:

nec veneres nostras hoc fallit,

Lucr. 4, 1185:

mea Venus,

Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—

Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;

not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17:

ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1:

fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte,

Hor. A. P. 320:

sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem,

Quint. 10, 1, 100:

quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur,

id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.—

Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.— Plur.:

profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5:

Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 79.—

The planet Venus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—

Derivv.:

Vĕnĕrĕus

or

Vĕnĕrĭus

, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:

sacerdos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

antistita,

id. ib. 3, 2, 10:

nepotulus,

id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28:

nutricatus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 54:

servi,

temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143:

visa,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

delphinus,

wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1:

nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse,

id. 19, 9, 9:

pira,

a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Vĕnĕrĕus ( Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum [p. 1971] est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—

Vĕnĕrĕi ( Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—

Vĕnĕrĕae ( Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum ( vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ônos, price; ônê, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn], sale.

Form venui (late Lat.):

rogavit haberetne venui lacte?

App. M. 8, p. 210, 12:

cantherium venui subicere,

id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—

Form veno (post-Aug.):

posita veno irritamenta luxus,

Tac. A. 14, 15:

quae veno exercerent,

id. ib. 13, 51.—

Acc. venum (class.):

dare aliquem venum,

to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6:

venum cuncta dari,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179;

hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret,

Liv. 3, 55, 7:

pileatos servos venum solitos ire,

Gell. 7, 4, 1:

venum iturum,

Sen. Const. 3, 2:

seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt,

Luc. 4, 206:

venum redibat,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.