venusto
Dictionary entries
- Entry →venustus, venusta, venustum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
attractive, charming, graceful, pretty, neat;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →venusto, venustare, venustavi, venustatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
make lovely/attractive; beautify; adorn;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...fortasse. SI. et voltu, Sosia, adeo modesto, adeo venusto ut nil supra. quia tum mihi lamentari praeter ceteras..."Liber III
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...Classicus. Inde dictum Baeticorum, ut plerumque dolor etiam venustos facit, non illepidum ferebatur: 'Dedi malum et accepi..."
