vascus

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *wat- (“curved”). Cognate with vatius (“bow-legged”), Proto-Germanic *waþwô (“curve, bend; calf of the leg, knee”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯as.kus/, [ˈu̯äs̠kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvas.kus/, [ˈväskus]

Adjective

vascus (feminine vasca, neuter vascum); first/second-declension adjective

1. crosswise, askew

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vascus	vasca	vascum		vascī	vascae	vasca
genitive	vascī	vascae	vascī		vascōrum	vascārum	vascōrum
dative	vascō	vascae	vascō		vascīs
accusative	vascum	vascam	vascum		vascōs	vascās	vasca
ablative	vascō	vascā	vascō		vascīs
vocative	vasce	vasca	vascum		vascī	vascae	vasca

References

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