virtus
Meaning
- (declension-3) manhood, manliness, virility
- (declension-3) courage, valor, resoluteness, gallantry
- (declension-3) virtue, goodness
- (declension-3) excellence, merit, worth, character
- (declension-3, figuratively) strength (of medicine or herbs)
Concepts
Opposite of
vitium, culpa, malum, iniūria, noxa, peccātum, dēlictum, error
Synonyms
animus virilis
virilitas
praestantia prestantia
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈwɪr.tuːs]
Etymology
From vir (“man, male”) + -tūs (abstract noun-forming suffix).
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