vectus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of vehō.

Pronunciation

Participle

vectus (feminine vecta, neuter vectum); first/second-declension participle

  1. (having been) carried, conveyed, driven, transported
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.524–525:
      “Trōēs tē miserī, ventīs maria omnia vectī, ōrāmus: [...].”
      “[We] wretched Trojans, carried by the winds [across] all the seas, we beg you: [...].”

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative vectus vecta vectum vectī vectae vecta
genitive vectī vectae vectī vectōrum vectārum vectōrum
dative vectō vectae vectō vectīs
accusative vectum vectam vectum vectōs vectās vecta
ablative vectō vectā vectō vectīs
vocative vecte vecta vectum vectī vectae vecta

Derived terms

References

  • “vectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “vectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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