Vegetius
English
Etymology
From the Latin Vegetius.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɪˈɡɛtɪəs/, /vɪˈdʒɛtɪəs/
Proper noun
Vegetius
- A male given name from Latin — famously held by:
- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (fl. late 4th C.), Late Latin writer on military matters and veterinary medicine
Translations
male given name of Latin origin
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Further reading
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Etymology
Probably vegetus (“vigorous”) + -ius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯eˈɡe.ti.us/, [u̯ɛˈɡɛt̪iʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /veˈd͡ʒet.t͡si.us/, [veˈd͡ʒɛt̪ː͡s̪ius]
Proper noun
Vegetius m sg (genitive Vegetiī or Vegetī); second declension
- A male cognomen — famously held by:
- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (fl. late 4th C.), Late Latin writer on military matters and veterinary medicine
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Vegetius |
| Genitive | Vegetiī Vegetī1 |
| Dative | Vegetiō |
| Accusative | Vegetium |
| Ablative | Vegetiō |
| Vocative | Vegetī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- Bulgarian: Вегеций (Vegecij)
- Catalan: Vegeci
- Chinese: 维盖提乌斯
- English: Vegetius
- Esperanto: Vegecio
- French: Végèce
- Georgian: ვეგეციუსი (vegeciusi)
- Hebrew: וֶגֶטְיוּס
- Italian: Vegezio
- Japanese: ウェゲティウス (Wegetiusu)
- Latvian: Vegēcijs
- Polish: Wegecjusz
- Portuguese: Vegécio
- Russian: Веге́ций (Vegécij)
- Spanish: Vegecio
- Ukrainian: Вегецій (Vehecij)
References
- “Vĕgĕtĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Vĕgĕtĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,650/2
Further reading
- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la