Crossword clues for virtu
virtu
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Virtu \Vir*tu"\ (?; 277), n. [It. virt[`u] virtue, excellence,
from L. virtus. See Virtue.]
A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities.
--J.
Spence.
An article of virtu, or a piece of virtu, an object of art or antiquity; a curiosity, such as those found in museums or private collections.
I had thoughts, in my chambers to place it in view,
To be shown to my friends as a piece of virt[`u].
--Goldsmith.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"excellence in an object of art, passion for works of art," 1722, from Italian virtu "excellence," from Latin virtutem (nominative virtus) "virtue, goodness, manliness" (see virtue). The same word as virtue, borrowed during a period when everything Italian was in vogue. Sometimes spelled vertu, as though from French, but this sense of the word is not in French.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context arts English) Knowledge of the fine arts 2 (context arts English) objet d'art collectively n. 1 (context arts English) Knowledge of the fine arts 2 (context arts English) objet d'art collectively
WordNet
n. love of or taste for fine objects of art [syn: vertu, connoisseurship]
artistic quality [syn: vertu]
objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques)
Wikipedia
Virtù is a concept theorized by Niccolò Machiavelli, centered on the martial spirit and ability of a population or leader, but also encompassing a broader collection of traits necessary for maintenance of the state and "the achievement of great things."
Usage examples of "virtu".
Alice, just as she and Ambry had decided during those long evenings in their cottage on the rocky shore in Virtu.
She overrated virtu, individual agency, in much the same way Signor Mantissa overrated the fox.
O artis inaestimabilis virtus quae dum se dicit ludere, naturae praevalet secreta vulgare.
O artis inaestimabilis virtus quae dum se dicit ludere, naturae praevalet secreta vulgare.
At tanta militum virtus atque ea praesentia animi fuit, ut, cum undique flamma torrerentur maximaque telorum multitudine premerentur suaque omnia impedimenta atque omnes fortunas conflagrare intellegerent, non modo demigrandi causa de vallo decederet nemo, sed paene ne respiceret quidem quisquam, ac tum omnes acerrime fortissimeque pugnarent.
Moliere, Quia est in eo virtus dormitiva, Cujus est natura sensus assoupire.
Donnerjack had abided by the rules that Death had set and had brought Ayradyss safely from Deep Fields into the living lands, from Virtu into Verite.
Virtu, a garden created by the aion Markon for the pleasure of his beloved Virginia Tallent, the two sat in close converse.
Veritean, but you pray to the secret deities of Virtu and your prayers have the force of an aion behind them.
Virtu was infinite, in reality the average complex proge or aion could not maintain its own site and have memory left to divert to other projects.
I do know enough of the religion of the aions to know that there are those who claim that Virtu, not Verite, is the first reality.
It was a poor thing compared to the fantastical creations of the ocean she had known in Virtu, but there was a beauty here, a wonder that touched her.
We had hypothesized that the Hierophant of the Church of Elish had to have some backing in Virtu.
She spoke of recruiting among my herd as warriors in a battle meant to right some of the inequities between Virtu and Verite.
He told them how all of the gods, along with everything else, survived in Virtu, and in this time of a turning back to religion it was appropriate that the earliest divine manifestations in Indo-European consciousness should be the focus of worship now, dwelling as they did in the deepest layers of the human psyche where description might still function.