Vectis

See also: vectis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Vectis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛk.tɪs/

Proper noun

Vectis

1. the Isle of Wight
2. A locality in the Rural City of Horsham, western Victoria, Australia.

Usage notes

The name is used principally in the names of organisations, e.g. the main bus company on the Island Southern Vectis, and in the context of Roman and Romano-British era history.

Derived terms

• vectensis
• Vectisian

Anagrams

• civets, evicts

Latin

Alternative forms

• Vecta

Etymology

Possibly of Celtic origin, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *Wextā, possibly related to Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (“creature, thing”), Proto-Celtic *wextā (“course, turn, time”), or simply from or influenced by Latin vectis (“lever, gate, separator”). More at Isle of Wight.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɛk.tɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛk.tis]

Proper noun

Vectis f sg (genitive Vectis); third declension

1. Isle of Wight (an island of Western Europe, off the south coast of Great Britain, separated from the mainland by a narrow strait called the Solent)
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Vectis.

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Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Vectis
genitive	Vectis
dative	Vectī
accusative	Vectem
ablative	Vecte
vocative	Vectis
locative	Vectī Vecte

Descendants

• English: Vectis

References

• “2. Vectis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “2 Vectis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,650/1”

Further reading

• Vectis insula on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la