VENUS

(Lat.), n. f. Ven(we"n)'u3s(u4s). Gen., Ven'eris. Gr., 'A po8mj. Fr., Venus. Ger., V. 1. The godde of love of the ancient Romans; hence, of the alchemists, copper. [A, 325 (a, 48).] 2. Of Para cels us, see SYPHILIS. Bezoardicum Veneris. A preparation made by extracting a tincture made from copper filings with rectified antimony trichloride and fixing with nitric acid. [B, 200.] V'berg. See MONS Veneris. V'beule (Ger.). See BUBO. V'bluthen, V. giirtel (Ger.). See CORONA Veneris. V'hiigel (Ger.). See MONS Veneris. V's euche (Ger.). See SYPHILIS. [s. 704]