Vegetius

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English

Etymology

From the Latin Vegetius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Vegetius

  1. A male given name from Latin — famously held by:
    1. Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (fl. late 4th C.), Late Latin writer on military matters and veterinary medicine

Translations

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Probably vegetus (“vigorous”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Vegetius m sg (genitive Vegetiī or Vegetī); second declension

  1. A male cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (fl. late 4th C.), Late Latin writer on military matters and veterinary medicine

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Vegetius
genitive Vegetiī
Vegetī1
dative Vegetiō
accusative Vegetium
ablative Vegetiō
vocative Vegetī

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

Descendants

References

  • “Vĕgĕtĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Vĕgĕtĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,650/2.

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