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venustas

venustas · f

loveliness

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Where it lives

Diadumenus Antoninus 1 · 5.99/10k
Pro Archia Poeta 1 · 3.21/10k
De Oratore 14 · 2.33/10k
De Consolatione ad Polybium 1 · 1.76/10k
De Architectura 10 · 1.73/10k
Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
Orator 3 · 1.62/10k
Stichus 1 · 1.61/10k
Miles Gloriosus 2 · 1.58/10k
Tyranni Triginta 1 · 1.52/10k
Truculentus 1 · 1.22/10k
Pro M. Caelio 1 · 1.18/10k

Densest 12 of 34 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

vĕnustas — Lewis & Short

vĕnustas, ātis, f.1. Venus,

I loveliness, comeliness, charm, grace, beauty, elegance, attractiveness, etc. (syn.: pulchritudo, formositas).

I Of the body: cum pulchritudinis duo genera sint, quorum in altero venustas sit, in altero dignitas, venustatem muliebrem ducere debemus, dignitatem virilem, Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130; cf. id. ib. 1, 30, 17: venustas et pulchritudo corporis, id. ib. 1, 27, 95: voltus quantam affert tum dignitatem, tum venustatem, id. Or. 18, 60.— Transf., of inanim. things: signa eximiā venustate, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5: Capitolii fastigium illud non venustas sed necessitas ipsa fabricata est, id. de Or. 3, 46, 180: pomorum, Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 2.—

II Of the mind: homo affluens omni lepore et venustate, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142: (oratoris est) agere cum dignitate ac venustate, id. de Or. 1, 31, 142: dicendi vis egregia, summā festivitate et venustate conjuncta profuit, id. ib. 1, 57, 243: comprobari cum dignitate tum etiam venustate, id. Arch. 12, 31; Quint. 4, 2, 118; 9, 2, 66; 9, 3, 72: verborum, Gell. 17, 20, 6: tui quidem omnes mores ad venustatem valent, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 63; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 54; id. Truc. 4, 2, 4: diem pulchrum et venustatis plenum, pleasantness, pleasure, id. Poen. 1, 2, 44; cf.: quis me fortunatior, venustatisque adeo plenior, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 8.—Plur.: amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum affero, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 5; id. Ps. 5, 1, 12.

In the wild

venustatem Historia Augusta, Alexander Severus 4
venustate Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 4.2.118
venustatis Vitruvius, De Architectura 1.3.2
venustatem Cicero, De Officiis 1.14.p1
venustatem Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 9.3.72
venustatem Cicero, De Oratore 1.251

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