Latin

Noun

virtūs f ‎(genitive virtūtis); third declension

1. manliness, manhood, virility
2. courage, resoluteness
3. virtue, goodness
4. character
5. excellence

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

References

• virtus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• virtus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• VIRTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “virtus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to have the reputation of virtue: opinionem virtutis habere
    
  • to quote Socrates as a model of virtue: a Socrate exemplum virtutis petere, repetere
    
  • to sing the praises of some one (not canere aliquem: alicuius laudes (virtutes) canere
    
  • what do we mean by 'virtue': quae intellegitur virtus
    
  • what do we mean by 'virtue': quid est virtus?
    
  • to walk in the ways of virtue: viam virtutis ingredi (Off. 1. 32. 118)
    
  • to make virtue the standard in every thought and act: omnia consilia et facta ad virtutem referre (Phil. 10. 10. 20)
    
  • to strive to attain virtue: virtutem sequi, virtutis studiosum esse
    
  • to live a perfect life: virtutis perfectae perfecto munere fungi (Tusc. 1. 45. 109)
    
  • to live as scrupulously moral a life as ever: virtutem pristinam retinere
    
  • this is a characteristic of virtue, it..: virtus hoc habet, ut...
    
  • to rouse in some one an enthusiasm for virtue: excitare aliquem ad virtutem
    
  • a good conscience: conscientia recta, recte facti (factorum), virtutis, bene actae vitae, rectae voluntatis
    
  • to incite to valour: ad virtutem excitare, cohortari (or simply adhortari, cohortari)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be virtuous: virtute praeditum, ornatum esse (opp. vitiis obrutum esse)
    
  • (ambiguous) to live as scrupulously moral a life as ever: nihil ex pristina virtute remittere
    
  • (ambiguous) to consider virtue the highest good: summum bonum in virtute ponere
    
  • (ambiguous) to deviate from the path of virtue: a virtute discedere or deficere
    
  • (ambiguous) to deteriorate: a maiorum virtute desciscere, degenerare, deflectere
    
  • (ambiguous) moral precepts: praecepta de moribus or de virtute
    
  • (ambiguous) to give moral advice, rules of conduct: de virtute praecipere alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) good luck to you: macte virtute (esto or te esse iubeo)
    
• virtus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• virtus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray