vasum

Latin

Etymology

See vās. The word is pre-Classical. In Classical Latin it is only used in the plural.

Noun

vāsum n (genitive vāsī); second declension

1. dish, vessel
2. vase
3. utensil
4. tool
5. baggage, war material (in plural)

   Synonyms: sarcina, impedimentum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vāsum	vāsa
Genitive	vāsī	vāsōrum
Dative	vāsō	vāsīs
Accusative	vāsum	vāsa
Ablative	vāsō	vāsīs
Vocative	vāsum	vāsa

Derived terms

• convāsō

Descendants

• Eastern Romance
  • Aromanian: vas
  • Romanian: vas
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italian: vaso (see there for further descendants)
  • Sicilian: vasu
• Old Occitan: vas
  • Catalan: vas
• Friulian: vâs
• Venetian: vaxo
• West Iberian
  • Asturian: vasu
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: vaso
    • Galician: vaso
    • Portuguese: vaso
  • Old Spanish: vaso
    • Spanish: vaso (see there for further descendants)

Noun

vāsum

1. genitive plural of vās

References

• “vasum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vasum 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)
• vasum in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• vasum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to give the signal for breaking up the camp, collecting baggage: vasa conclamare (B. C. 3. 37)
    
  • to pack the baggage (for marching): vasa colligere (Liv. 21. 47)