vascus

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Latin

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *wat- (“curved”). Cognate with vatius (“bow-legged”), Proto-Germanic *waþwô (“curve, bend; calf of the leg, knee”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

vascus (feminine vasca, neuter vascum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. crosswise, askew

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative vascus vasca vascum vascī vascae vasca
genitive vascī vascae vascī vascōrum vascārum vascōrum
dative vascō vascae vascō vascīs
accusative vascum vascam vascum vascōs vascās vasca
ablative vascō vascā vascō vascīs
vocative vasce vasca vascum vascī vascae vasca

References

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