venustas Latin · revision 33941

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *uenh₁-os}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [wɛˈnʊs.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [veˈnus.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''venustās''' ''f'' (genitive venustātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|venus|t=charm, love]] with ⟨-tās⟩, after [[m|la|venustus|t=charming]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|venus]] to [[itc-pro|*wenos-]] and [[ine-pro|*uenh₁-os|t=desire]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler find it first in Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) where in the ''Miles gloriosus'' a man promises more charm than he boasts of, and in the ''Poenulus'' someone calls the day fine, festive and full of delights.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the quality of being charming or delightful, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) Of appearance it means charm or grace: Varro speaks of fruit arranged with grace.^(OLD 2012) Cicero distinguishes two kinds of beauty, ''venustās'', which is womanly, and ''dignitās'', which is manly.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of style and performance it means charm or attractiveness: Cicero says that an actor does nothing except perfectly and with the greatest charm.^(OLD 2012) In Terence it means luck in love, when someone asks who is luckier or more favoured than he.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein says that ''venustum'' is beauty that attracts and captivates, unlike [[fōrmōsus]] and [[pulcher]].^(Döderlein 1874) Stelten gives "beauty" for Church Latin.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of charm and of a day full of delights.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of luck in love.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of fruit arranged with grace.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of womanly beauty and of an actor's charm.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|charm|alt=Charm]], delightfulness;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''(plural)'' delights.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Charm, [[m|en|grace]], beauty (of appearance).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Charm, elegance (of style or performance).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Luck in love.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[venus]]

+ * [[venustus]]

+ * [[pulchritūdō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}