Vertico
Latin
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯er.ti.koː/, [ˈu̯ɛrt̪ɪkoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈver.ti.ko/, [ˈvɛrt̪iko]
Proper noun
[edit]Verticō m sg (genitive Verticōnis); third declension
- Latin proper name for a male name of the Nervii, Celtic tribe, mentioned by Julius Caesar.
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.45:
- Erat unus intus Nervius nomine Vertico, loco natus honesto, qui a prima obsidione ad Ciceronem perfugerat suamque ei fidem praestiterat.
- There was within our camp a certain Nervian, by name Vertico, born in a distinguished position, who in the beginning of the blockade had deserted to Cicero, and had exhibited his fidelity to him.
- Erat unus intus Nervius nomine Vertico, loco natus honesto, qui a prima obsidione ad Ciceronem perfugerat suamque ei fidem praestiterat.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Verticō |
| genitive | Verticōnis |
| dative | Verticōnī |
| accusative | Verticōnem |
| ablative | Verticōne |
| vocative | Verticō |