venusto
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin venustus, from Proto-Italic *wenostos, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁ostos, from the root *wenh₁- (“to love”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /veˈnus.to/, [veˈn̺us̪t̪o]
- Rhymes: -usto
- Stress: venùsto
- Hyphenation: ve‧nu‧sto
Adjective
venusto (feminine singular venusta, masculine plural venusti, feminine plural venuste)
- (literary) beautiful
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXII, page 575-576:
- […] dal destro vedi quel padre vetusto ¶ di di Santa Chiesa a cui Cristo le chiavi ¶ raccomandò di questo fior venusto.
- […] upon the right thou seest that ancient father ¶ of Holy Church, into whose keeping Christ ¶ the keys committed of this lovely flower.
- Synonym: bello
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Related terms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /weˈnus.toː/, [wɛˈnʊs.toː]
Verb
venustō (present infinitive venustāre, perfect active venustāvī, supine venustātum); first conjugation
- I beautify
Inflection
Adjective
venustō
References
- venusto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- venusto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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