Vectis
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See also: vectis
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Vectis
- the Isle of Wight
Usage notes[edit]
The name is used principally in the names of organisations, e.g. the main bus company on the Island Southern Vectis, and in the context of Roman and Romano-British era history.
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly of Celtic origin, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *Ixtis (literally “nether”) (compare Irish ìosal (“low”), Welsh isel). However, there are other theories, such as a relation to Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (“creature, thing”), Proto-Celtic *wextā (“course, turn, time”), or simply from or influenced by Latin vectis (“lever, gate, separator”).[1] More at Isle of Wight.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯eːk.tis/, [ˈu̯eːkt̪ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvek.tis/, [ˈvɛkt̪is]
Proper noun[edit]
Vēctis f sg (genitive Vēctis); third declension
- Isle of Wight (an island in Western Europe, off the south coast of Great Britain, separated from the mainland by a narrow strait called the Solent)
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Vectis.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Flavius Eutropius to this entry?)
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Vēctis |
Genitive | Vēctis |
Dative | Vēctī |
Accusative | Vēctem |
Ablative | Vēcte |
Vocative | Vēctis |
Locative | Vēctī Vēcte |
Descendants[edit]
- English: Vectis
References[edit]
- “2. Vectis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 2 Vectis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “1,650/1”
- ^ Durham, A, The origin of the names Vectis and Wight, Proc. Isle Wight Nat. Hist. Archaeol. Soc. 25, 93-97.
Further reading[edit]
- Vectis insula on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
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