A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Venus,-eris (s.f.III), abl.sg. venere: beauty, charm, loveliness; the goddess of love and grace; love; often generically referring to women, especially women's or female sexuality including their virginity; qualities that excite love, loveliness, elegance, grace; syn. Cypris,-idis (s.f.III), q.v.; in Gk. = Aphrodite,-es (s.f.I), q.v., abl. sg. Aphrodite;

- Scandix pecten-veneris L. Lady's comb (comb of Venus).

Adiantum Capillus-Veneris L. 'old generic name, Venus' hair' (Fernald 1950) Venus'-hair Fern, also called Maiden-hair Fern.

Specularia Speculum-Veneris, mirror of Venus, the epithet being an old generic name.

Umbilicus veneris, a plant, the 'navelwort', Venus' belly-button.

Achillea pecten-veneris, Venus' Comb; Acosta veneris; Centaurea veneris.

hesperius,-a,-um (adj.A): “of or situated towards the west, western, Hesperian (Lewis & Short); "'western,' of the evening star, i.e. the planet Venus” (Glare).

NOTE: in common names the Latin “Venus” is often made “Lady,” as in “pecten-veneris,” Lady’s Comb.

NOTE: Dionaea, L., “Dione, one of the names of Venus. Droseraceae” (Paxton).

Cypria,-ae (s.f.I): the Cyprian, i.e. Venus.

Cypris,-idis (s.f.III): the Cyprian, i.e. Venus (Lewis & Short); see Cyprus,-i (s.f.II.

The Evening Star: hesperugo,-inis (s.f.III), abl.sg. hesperugine: the evening star (i.e. the planet Venus)[> L. hesperus,-i (s.m.II, q.v.].

Venus,-us (s.m.IV) abl.sg. venu, or venum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. veno: occurs only in the declensional forms venui (dat.sg., ‘for sale’), veno (dat.sg. ‘for sale’) and venum (acc. sg.): sale. Used with the verb ‘do’ [dare], sometimes spelled as one word: venumdo or venundo (acc. or dat., pred.) ‘for sale;’ dare aliquem venum, to sell something; venum dare, to put up for sale; also veno dare. In late Latin, fero (ferre) ‘to bring, to carry’ has been used.

- [fungi] Haec est species, quam nunc solam, nunc sequenti intermixtam, nomine Champignon insignitam venum ferre solent ruricolae (S&A), this is the species, which sometimes alone, sometimes intermixed with the following, distinguished [i.e. designated] by the name Champignon, the country-people are accustomed to put up for sale.