vagus

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪɡəs

Noun

vagus (plural vagi)

1. The vagus nerve.

Etymology

From Latin vagus

Noun

vagus (plural vagi)

1. (Catholic) A homeless person or vagrant.
   • 1922, "Domicile", The Catholic encyclopedia, page 270

     Though not referred in the Code as a domicile of origin, a child's place of origin is fixed by the place where his father had his domicile or, in defect of domicile, his quasi-domicile when the child was born, or where the mother had hers if the child was illegitimate or posthumous; if the parents were vagi it is the place where the child was born; if the child was a foundling the place where it was discovered.

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Latin

Adjective

vagus m (feminine vaga, neuter vagum); first/second declension

1. wandering, rambling, strolling
2. (figuratively) uncertain, vague

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	vagus	vaga	vagum		vagī	vagae	vaga
genitive	vagī	vagae	vagī		vagōrum	vagārum	vagōrum
dative	vagō	vagae	vagō		vagīs	vagīs	vagīs
accusative	vagum	vagam	vagum		vagōs	vagās	vaga
ablative	vagō	vagā	vagō		vagīs	vagīs	vagīs
vocative	vage	vaga	vagum		vagī	vagae	vaga

Derived terms

• vagor

Descendants

• English: vague
• French: vague
• Galician: vago
• Italian: vago
• Portuguese: vago

References

• vagus in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• vagus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879