vicis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weik-, *weig- (“to wind, bend”); see also German wechsel (“change”), Swedish viker (“willow twig, wand”), Old Norse vikja (“to bend, turn”), Old English wician (“to yield, give way”) and wice (“wych elm”), Sanskrit विष्टी (“changeable, changing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈwi.kis/

Noun

vicis f; genitive; no nominative singular

1. change, alternation, turn
2. succession

Inflection

Third declension; incomplete

	singular	plural
Nominative	none	vicēs
Genitive	vicis	vicum
Dative	vicī	vicibus
Accusative	vicem	vicēs or vicīs
Ablative	vice	vicibus

Related terms

• vicārius
• vice versā
• vicissim
• vicissitūdō
• vicem gerere

Descendants

Catalan: vegada Esperanto: fojo French: fois Galician: vez

Italian: vece Portuguese: vez Spanish: vez

Noun

vīcīs

1. dative plural of vīcus
2. ablative plural of vīcus