Vegetius

English

Etymology

From the Latin Vegetius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Vegetius

  1. A male given name from Latin — famously held by:
    1. Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (fl. late 4th C.), Late Latin writer on military matters and veterinary medicine

Translations

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Probably vegetus (vigorous) + -ius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Vegetius m sg (genitive Vegetiī or Vegetī); second declension

  1. A male cognomen — famously held by:
    1. 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

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