vicus
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vīcus (“village”). Doublet of wick.
Noun
vicus (plural vici)
- (historical) A small civilian settlement outside a Roman fort.
- 2011, Brenda Longfellow, Roman Imperialism and Civic Patronage:
- The compital shrines stood at primary crossroads in the vici and received sacrifices during the annual Compitalia Festival.
Latin
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *weikos, from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village”). Cognate of Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”), Sanskrit विश् (víś, “settlement, dwelling-space”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs, “village, place”), Etruscan 𐌅𐌉𐌊𐌖 (viku).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯iː.kus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvi.kus/,
Noun
vīcus m (genitive vīcī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vīcus | vīcī |
| genitive | vīcī | vīcōrum |
| dative | vīcō | vīcīs |
| accusative | vīcum | vīcōs |
| ablative | vīcō | vīcīs |
| vocative | vīce | vīcī |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Galician: Vigo
- Ancient borrowings:
- Later borrowings:
References
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “vicus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, pages 1,097–1,100
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vīcus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 420
Further reading
- “uīcus” on page 2,058 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- “vīcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vicus 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)
- vīcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,673/3”
- “vicus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “vicus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin