vasum

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Latin

Etymology

See vās. The word is pre-Classical. In Classical Latin it is only used in the plural.

Noun

vāsum n (genitive vāsī); second declension

  1. dish, vessel
  2. vase
  3. utensil
  4. tool
  5. baggage, war material (in plural)
    Synonyms: sarcina, impedimentum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vāsum vāsa
Genitive vāsī vāsōrum
Dative vāsō vāsīs
Accusative vāsum vāsa
Ablative vāsō vāsīs
Vocative vāsum vāsa

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Eastern Romance
    • Aromanian: vas
    • Romanian: vas
  • Italo-Dalmatian
    • Italian: vaso (see there for further descendants)
    • Sicilian: vasu
  • Old Occitan: vas
  • Friulian: vâs
  • Venetian: vaxo
  • West Iberian
    • Asturian: vasu
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: vaso
    • Old Spanish: vaso
      • Spanish: vaso (see there for further descendants)

Noun

vāsum

  1. genitive plural of vās

References

  • vasum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vasum 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)
  • vasum in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • vasum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to give the signal for breaking up the camp, collecting baggage: vasa conclamare (B. C. 3. 37)
    • to pack the baggage (for marching): vasa colligere (Liv. 21. 47)