English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin vāgītus (crying, wailing), from vāgiō (cry, wail).

Noun edit

vagitus (uncountable)

  1. The crying of a newborn baby.

Derived terms edit

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From vāgiō (cry, wail).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

vāgītus m (genitive vāgītūs); fourth declension

  1. crying, wailing

Declension edit

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vāgītus vāgītūs
Genitive vāgītūs vāgītuum
Dative vāgītuī vāgītibus
Accusative vāgītum vāgītūs
Ablative vāgītū vāgītibus
Vocative vāgītus vāgītūs

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: vagitus
  • Spanish: vagido
  • Portuguese: vagido

References edit

  • vagitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vagitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vagitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • vagitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.