Vacuna

See also: vacuna

Latin

Etymology

From vacō (“I am idle, at leisure”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯aˈkuː.na/, [u̯äˈkuːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vaˈku.na/, [väˈkuːnä]

Proper noun

Vacūna f sg (genitive Vacūnae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) The goddess of rural leisure, worshipped by the Sabines

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Vacūna
Genitive	Vacūnae
Dative	Vacūnae
Accusative	Vacūnam
Ablative	Vacūnā
Vocative	Vacūna

Derived terms

• Vacūnālis

References

• “Vacuna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Vacuna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.