nomen vicis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin nomen vicis (literally “noun of instance”).
Noun[edit]
nomen vicis (plural nomina vicis)
- (linguistics) a noun denoting a single accomplishment of an action (rather than the action as such)
- The noun “a jump” is a nomen vicis because it means a single instance of “jumping”.