Venus

proper noun

Pronunciation: /ˈviːnəs/ / /ˈvinəs/ / [ˈvinɪ̈s]

Etymology: From Middle English Venus, from Latin Venus.

The second planet in the Solar system.
“Near-synonyms: morning star, Phosphorus, Eosphorus, Lucifer; evening star, Vesper, Hesperus”
“Venus rises on the 1st day 1/4 to 5 a.m., and 4h. 25m. a.m. on the last day. […] She is now beginning to move northward.”
The goddess of love, beauty, fertility, and sexuality, or a depiction thereof.
“Of all the classic Venuses known to us in modern times, this Venus of Milo is certainly the most popular.”
“To call either or both of them by the name of Venus seems to me too positive; for although the theory of love which they embody was unquestionably associated with the two Venuses in Plato, ‘one draped, the other nude’, it is important to observe that, in contradistinction to Botticelli and Mantegna, Titian endowed the figures with attributes and characters which transcend the mythological idiom.”
A female given name.
“A mirrored [Venus] Williams, shown from behind and in profile, wears a tennis skirt made of raffia and the Wimbledon trophy dish refashioned as a collared chestplate apropos for a warrior superhero. […] Pruitt sees “a fertile space of reflection” between his two Venuses. “My hope,” he said, “is that the duality of the portrait gives us this sense of a person looking back at themselves, considering where they came from and where they’re going.””

Etymology: From translingual Venus (“a genus of clams”), from Latin.