Vĕnŭsĭa, ae, f.,
I a town on the borders of Apulia and Lucania , the birthplace of the poet Horace , now Venosa , Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 104; Cic. Att. 5, 5, 1; 16, 5, 3; Liv. 22, 49; 22, 54; Vell. 1, 14, 6.
II —Hence, Vĕnŭsīnus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venusia , Venusian : silvae, Hor. C. 1, 28, 26: colonus, i. e. Horace , id. S. 2, 1, 35: lucerna, i. e. the poetry of Horace , Juv. 1, 51.—Subst.: Vĕ-nŭsīni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Venusia , the Venusians , Liv. 22, 54; 27, 10.