Vectis
See also: vectis
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Vectis
- the Isle of Wight
Usage notes edit
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.
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Etymology edit
Possibly of Celtic origin, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *Ixtis (literally “nether”) (compare Irish ìosal (“low”), Welsh isel). However, there are other theories, such as a relation to Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (“creature, thing”), Proto-Celtic *wextā (“course, turn, time”), or simply from or influenced by Latin vectis (“lever, gate, separator”).[1] More at Isle of Wight.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯eːk.tis/, [ˈu̯eːkt̪ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvek.tis/, [ˈvɛkt̪is]
Proper noun edit
Vēctis f sg (genitive Vēctis); third declension
- Isle of Wight (an island in Western Europe, off the south coast of Great Britain, separated from the mainland by a narrow strait called the Solent)
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Vectis.
- (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?)
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Vēctis |
Genitive | Vēctis |
Dative | Vēctī |
Accusative | Vēctem |
Ablative | Vēcte |
Vocative | Vēctis |
Locative | Vēctī Vēcte |
Descendants edit
- English: Vectis
References edit
- “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”
- ^ Durham, A, The origin of the names Vectis and Wight, Proc. Isle Wight Nat. Hist. Archaeol. Soc. 25, 93-97.
Further reading edit
- Vectis insula on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la