venustas
Latin
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯eˈnus.taːs/, [u̯ɛˈnʊs̠t̪äːs̠]
 - (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /veˈnus.tas/, [veˈnust̪äs]
 
Noun
    
venustās f (genitive venustātis); third declension
- loveliness, comeliness, charm, grace, beauty, elegance, attractiveness
- Synonym: venus
 
 
Declension
    
Third-declension noun.
References
    
- “venustas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
 - “venustas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
 - venustas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
 
Etymology 2
    
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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