vescus

Latin

Etymology

Back-formation from vēscor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯eːs.kus/, [ˈu̯eːs̠kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈves.kus/, [ˈvɛskus]

Adjective

vēscus (feminine vēsca, neuter vēscum); first/second-declension adjective

1. voracious, corrosive
2. lean
3. picky with food

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vēscus	vēsca	vēscum		vēscī	vēscae	vēsca
genitive	vēscī	vēscae	vēscī		vēscōrum	vēscārum	vēscōrum
dative	vēscō	vēscae	vēscō		vēscīs
accusative	vēscum	vēscam	vēscum		vēscōs	vēscās	vēsca
ablative	vēscō	vēscā	vēscō		vēscīs
vocative	vēsce	vēsca	vēscum		vēscī	vēscae	vēsca

Descendants

• Aromanian: veashtid
• Portuguese: biscato, vesco
• Romanian: veșted

References

• “vescus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vescus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vescus 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)
• vescus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN