Lewis Short
(adjective) : Vĕnŭsĭa, ae, f.
* 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.—Hence, Vĕnŭsīnus, a, um, , 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary