vectis

See also: Vectis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰ-tis, from the root *weǵʰ- (“to ride”). Cognate with Latin vehō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwek.tis/, [ˈwɛk.tɪs]

Noun

vectis m (genitive vectis); third declension

  1. A strong pole or bar used for leverage; lever; crowbar; handspike.
  2. A carrying-pole.
  3. A bar or bolt (for fastening a door).

Declension

Third declension i-stem, ablative singular in -e or -ī.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vectis vectēs
Genitive vectis vectium
Dative vectī vectibus
Accusative vectem vectēs
vectīs
Ablative vecte
vectī		 vectibus
Vocative vectis vectēs

Derived terms
  • vectiārius

Descendants

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, 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
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