Vectis
See also: vectis
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editVectis
- the Isle of Wight
Usage notes
editThe 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.
Derived terms
editAnagrams
editLatin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPossibly 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 Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯eːk.tis/, [ˈu̯eːkt̪ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvek.tis/, [ˈvɛkt̪is]
Proper noun
editVēctis 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
editThird-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
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
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