Vectis
See also: vectis
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Vectis
- the Isle of Wight
Usage notes
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
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Celtic *Ixtis (literally “nether”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯ek.tis/, [ˈu̯ɛkt̪ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvek.tis/, [ˈvɛkt̪is]
Proper noun
Vēctis f sg (genitive Vēctis); third declension
- the Isle of Wight (an island off the south coast of Britannia, separated from the mainland by a narrow strait called the Solent)
- (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?)
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Vectis.
Declension
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
- English: Vectis
References
- “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”
Further reading
- Vectis insula on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
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