Vectis

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See also: vectis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Vectis.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Vectis

  1. the Isle of Wight

Usage notes

The 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.

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Latin

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Etymology

Possibly 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

Proper noun

Vectis f sg (genitive Vectis); third declension

  1. 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)
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Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Vectis
genitive Vectis
dative Vectī
accusative Vectem
ablative Vecte
vocative Vectis
locative Vectī
Vecte

Descendants

  • English: Vectis

References

  • “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”
  1. ^ Durham, A, The origin of the names Vectis and Wight, Proc. Isle Wight Nat. Hist. Archaeol. Soc. 25, 93-97.

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