vectus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of vehō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ek.tus/, [ˈu̯ɛkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvek.tus/, [ˈvɛkt̪us]

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

• vectīgal

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.