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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Vettius m sg (genitive Vettiī or Vettī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Vettius Valens, a Roman astrologer
    2. Gaius Vettius Aquilinus Juvencus, a Roman poet

Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Vettius
Genitive Vettiī
Vettī1
Dative Vettiō
Accusative Vettium
Ablative Vettiō
Vocative Vettī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

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References

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