vagitus
English
Etymology
From Latin vāgītus (“crying, wailing”), from vāgiō (“cry, wail”).
Noun
vagitus (uncountable)
- The crying of a newborn baby
Derived terms
- vagitus uterinus
Latin
Etymology
From vāgiō (“cry, wail”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯aːˈɡiː.tus/, [u̯äːˈɡiːt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vaˈd͡ʒi.tus/, [väˈd͡ʒiːt̪us]
Noun
vāgītus m (genitive vāgītūs); fourth declension
- crying, wailing
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vāgītus | vāgītūs |
| Genitive | vāgītūs | vāgītuum |
| Dative | vāgītuī | vāgītibus |
| Accusative | vāgītum | vāgītūs |
| Ablative | vāgītū | vāgītibus |
| Vocative | vāgītus | vāgītūs |
Related terms
- vāgiō
Descendants
- English: vagitus
- Spanish: vagido
- Portuguese: vagido
References
- “vagitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vagitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vagitus 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)
- vagitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette