Lewis Short
(adj.adj.) : Vĕnĕti (Hĕnĕti), ōrum, m.
* A people in Gallia Togata, in the mod. Venetian territory, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 130; 6, 2, 2, § 5; Liv. 1, 1; Just. 20, 1, 8; Luc. 4, 134; Sil. 8, 606 al.—Hence
* Vĕnĕtus, a, um, adj.
* A people of Gallia Lugdunensis, in the vicinity of the mod. Vannes, Plin. 4, 18, 32, § 107; Caes. B. G. 2, 34; 3, 7 sq.; 3, 16 sq.; 7, 75; Flor. 3, 10, 5. —Hence
* (Perh. taken from the color of the sea on the coast.) Sea-colored, bluish: color,Veg. Mil. 4, 37: cucullus,Juv. 3, 170: lutum,Mart. 3, 74, 4: conditura (piscium in marinā aquā coctorum),Lampr. Heliog. 24.
* A people of northern Germany, = Venedi.
* Vĕnĕtus lăcus, aportion of the lake of Constance, Mel. 3, 2, 8.
* Vĕnĕtĭa, ae, f., the country of the Veneti, Caes. B. G. 3, 9 fin.
* Vĕ-nĕtĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Veneti, Venetic: insulae,Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 109: bellum,Caes. B. G. 3, 18; 4, 21.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary