votus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of voveō (“vow, promise”).

Participle

vōtus m (feminine vōta, neuter vōtum); first/second declension

  1. vowed, promised; devoted to (a deity); having been vowed

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative vōtus vōta vōtum vōtī vōtae vōta
genitive vōtī vōtae vōtī vōtōrum vōtārum vōtōrum
dative vōtō vōtō vōtīs
accusative vōtum vōtam vōtum vōtōs vōtās vōta
ablative vōtō vōtā vōtō vōtīs
vocative vōte vōta vōtum vōtī vōtae vōta

References

  • votus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • votus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • votus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to wish any one a prosperous journey: aliquem proficiscentem votis ominibusque prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi...)
    • (ambiguous) to make a vow: vota facere, nuncupare, suscipere, concipere
    • (ambiguous) to accomplish, pay a vow: vota solvere, persolvere, reddere
    • (ambiguous) to have to pay a vow; to obtain one's wish: voti damnari, compotem fieri
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