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noun

virtūs

virtūs, -ūtis, f./vir-tūs/Frequency rank #320

Manly excellence and strength of character; courage, worth, merit, or moral virtue.

Senses

  1. I

    courage

    Bravery, especially in martial action.

  2. II

    excellence

    Worth, merit, or a distinguished quality.

  3. III

    virtue

    Moral excellence or rectitude.

Etymology

From vir, man; originally the qualities associated with a man of courage and worth.

In classical texts

1 passages

Sallust, Bellum Catilinae

1.4
“virtūs clāra aeternaque habētur”