vectis

See also: Vectis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰ-tis, from the root *weǵʰ- (“to ride”). Cognate with Latin vehō.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vectis m (genitive vectis); third declension

  1. A strong pole or bar used for leverage; lever; crowbar; handspike.
  2. A carrying-pole.
  3. A bar or bolt (for fastening a door).

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
nominative vectis vectēs
genitive vectis vectium
dative vectī vectibus
accusative vectem vectēs
ablative vecte vectibus
vocative vectis vectēs

Derived terms

  • vectiārius

Descendants

References

  • vectis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vectis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vectis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • vectis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • vectis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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