vagulus

vagulus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.ɡu.lus/, [ˈu̯äɡʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡu.lus/, [ˈväːɡulus]

Adjective

vagulus (feminine vagula, neuter vagulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (hapax) Diminutive of vagus
   • 76 CE – 108 CE, Hadrian, Carmina 3:

     Animula vagula blandula,
     hospes comesque corporis,
     quae nunc abībis in loca
     pallidula, rigida, nūdula,
     nec ut solēs dabis iocōs...

     • Translation by Wikisource

       Little soul, wandering, pleasing,
       guest and companion of the body,
       which now go away in places
       pale, stiff, bare,
       and will not jest as you do...

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	vagulus	vagula	vagulum		vagulī	vagulae	vagula
Genitive	vagulī	vagulae	vagulī		vagulōrum	vagulārum	vagulōrum
Dative	vagulō		vagulō		vagulīs
Accusative	vagulum	vagulam	vagulum		vagulōs	vagulās	vagula
Ablative	vagulō	vagulā	vagulō		vagulīs
Vocative	vagule	vagula	vagulum		vagulī	vagulae	vagula

References

• “vagulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vagulus 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)
• vagulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette