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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *wektis, from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰ-tis, from the root *weǵʰ- (“to ride”). Cognate with vehō, Sanskrit ऊढि (ūḍhi).
Pronunciation
Noun
vectis m (genitive vectis); third declension
- a strong pole or bar used for leverage; lever; crowbar; handspike
- a carrying-pole
- a bar or bolt (for fastening a door)
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or -ī).
Derived terms
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References
- “vectis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vectis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vectis 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)
- vectis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “vectis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers