vatius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *wat- (“curved”) + -ius. Cognate with vatāx (“having deformed feet”), Proto-Germanic *waþwô (“curve, bend; calf of the leg, knee”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯a.ti.us/, [ˈu̯ät̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvat.t͡si.us/, [ˈvät̪ː͡s̪ius]
Adjective edit
vatius (feminine vatia, neuter vatium); first/second-declension adjective
- bent outwards
- bow-legged
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | vatius | vatia | vatium | vatiī | vatiae | vatia | |
| Genitive | vatiī | vatiae | vatiī | vatiōrum | vatiārum | vatiōrum | |
| Dative | vatiō | vatiō | vatiīs | ||||
| Accusative | vatium | vatiam | vatium | vatiōs | vatiās | vatia | |
| Ablative | vatiō | vatiā | vatiō | vatiīs | |||
| Vocative | vatie | vatia | vatium | vatiī | vatiae | vatia | |
References edit
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vatāx”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 656
- “vatius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vatius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.