vescus

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Latin

Etymology

Back-formation from vēscor.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vēscus (feminine vēsca, neuter vēscum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. lean
    Synonyms: exīlis, tenuis
    • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 3.175:
      intereā pūbī indomitae nōn grāmina tantum
      nec vēscās salicum frondēs ulvamque palūstrem,
      sed frūmenta manū carpēs sata.
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    • 23 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis historia 7.81:
      Corpore vēscō, sed eximiīs vīribus Tritānum, in gladiātōriō lūdō Samnītium armātūra celebrem, fīliumque eius mīlitem Magnī Pompeī et rēctōs et trāversōs cancellātim tōtō corpore habuisse nervōs, in brachiīs etiam manibusque, auctor est Varrō prōdigiosa vīrium relatione, atque etiam hostem ab eō ex prōvocātione dīmicante inermī dexterā superātum et postrēmō correptum ūnō digitō in castra trālātum.
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  2. corrosive, voracious
    Synonyms: edāx, vorāx
  3. picky with food
    Synonym: fastīdiōsus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative vēscus vēsca vēscum vēscī vēscae vēsca
genitive vēscī vēscae vēscī vēscōrum vēscārum vēscōrum
dative vēscō vēscae vēscō vēscīs
accusative vēscum vēscam vēscum vēscōs vēscās vēsca
ablative vēscō vēscā vēscō vēscīs
vocative vēsce vēsca vēscum vēscī vēscae vēsca

Descendants

  • Balkano-Romance:
    • >? Aromanian: veashtid
    • >? Romanian: veșted
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Gallo-Italic:
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

  • “vescus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “vescus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "vescus", 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)
  • vescus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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