Vectis

See also: vectis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Vectis.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɛk.tɪs/

Proper noun

Vectis

  1. 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) IPA(key): /ˈwek.tis/, [ˈwɛk.tɪs]

Proper noun

Vectis f (genitive Vectis); third declension

  1. 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 of use of this term, see Citations:Vectis.

Declension

Third declension i-stem, with locative.

Case Singular
nominative Vectis
genitive Vectis
dative Vectī
accusative Vectem
ablative Vecte
vocative Vectis
locative Vectī

Descendants

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

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