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Webster 1913 Edition


Vallum


Val′lum

,
Noun.
;
pl. L.
Valla
(#)
, E.
Vallums
(#)
.
[L. See
Wall
.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vallum

VAL'LUM

,
Noun.
[L.] A trench or wall.

Definition 2024


vallum

vallum

English

Noun

vallum (plural vallums or valla)

  1. (historical, Roman antiquity) A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification.


Latin

Etymology

From vallus (stake, palisade, point), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (to turn, wind, roll).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwal.lum/, [ˈwal.lũ]

Noun

vallum n (genitive vallī); second declension

  1. wall, rampart, entrenchment

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative vallum valla
genitive vallī vallōrum
dative vallō vallīs
accusative vallum valla
ablative vallō vallīs
vocative vallum valla

Descendants

References

  • vallum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vallum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • VALLUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vallum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to raise a rampart, earthwork: vallum iacere, exstruere, facere
    • (ambiguous) to fortify the camp with a rampart: castra munire vallo (aggere)
    • (ambiguous) to keep watch on the rampart: custodias agere in vallo
    • (ambiguous) to surround a town with a rampart and fosse: oppidum cingere vallo et fossa
  • vallum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vallum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin