Vettius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Vectius

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯et.ti.us/, [ˈu̯ɛt̪ːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvet.ti.us/, [ˈvɛt̪ːius]

Proper noun

Vettius m sg (genitive Vettiī or Vettī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Vettius Valens, a Roman astrologer
   2. Gaius Vettius Aquilinus Juvencus, a Roman poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Vettius
Genitive	Vettiī Vettī1
Dative	Vettiō
Accusative	Vettium
Ablative	Vettiō
Vocative	Vettī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Vettia

References

• “Vettius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Vettius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.