vectis

See also: Vectis

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ek.tis/, [ˈu̯ɛkt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvek.tis/, [ˈvɛkt̪is]

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 noun (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

• Catalan: vit, bitxo
• ⇒ Galician: vetillo (from *vecticulus)
• Italian: vette
• Old French: vit, viz
  • French: vit
• Sardinian: bette

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