venetus
Latin
Etymology
From Venetī + -us or directly from the unknown original endonym.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɛ.nɛ.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛː.ne.t̪us]
Adjective
venetus (feminine veneta, neuter venetum); first/second-declension adjective
- (historical) Venetian, of or related to the Veneti
- (Medieval Latin) Venetian, of or related to Venice
- blue, blue-green, sea-blue
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | venetus | veneta | venetum | venetī | venetae | veneta | |
| genitive | venetī | venetae | venetī | venetōrum | venetārum | venetōrum | |
| dative | venetō | venetae | venetō | venetīs | |||
| accusative | venetum | venetam | venetum | venetōs | venetās | veneta | |
| ablative | venetō | venetā | venetō | venetīs | |||
| vocative | venete | veneta | venetum | venetī | venetae | veneta | |
Related terms
Descendants
- Aromanian: vinit
- Italian: veneto
- Piedmontese: vénet
- → Portuguese: vêneto
- Romanian: vânăt
- → Romani: vuneto
- → Spanish: véneto
- Venetan: vèneto
See also
| albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
| ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.) | flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.) |
| galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
| cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
| violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
Noun
venetus m (genitive venetī); second declension
- (historical, sports) the Blues, the racing faction of the Roman and Constantinopolitan circus clothed in blue
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | venetus | venetī |
| genitive | venetī | venetōrum |
| dative | venetō | venetīs |
| accusative | venetum | venetōs |
| ablative | venetō | venetīs |
| vocative | venete | venetī |
Synonyms
- factio veneta
Coordinate terms
- prasinus, factio prasina (Greens); russatus, factio russata (Reds); albus, albatus, factio alba, factio albata (Whites); auratus, factio aurata (Golds, rare); purpureus, factio purpurea (Purples, rare)
Descendants
- Byzantine Greek: Βένετοι (Bénetoi)
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)