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Webster 1913 Edition
Vasum
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Va′sum
,Noun.
[L., a vase. See
Vase
.] (Zool.)
A genus including several species of large marine gastropods having massive pyriform shells, with conspicuous folds on the columella.
Definition 2024
vasum
vasum
Latin
Noun
vāsum n (genitive vāsī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vāsum | vāsa |
| genitive | vāsī | vāsōrum |
| dative | vāsō | vāsīs |
| accusative | vāsum | vāsa |
| ablative | vāsō | vāsīs |
| vocative | vāsum | vāsa |
Descendants
Noun
vāsum
- genitive plural of vāsis
References
- vasum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- VASUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vasum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to give the signal for breaking up the camp, collecting baggage: vasa conclamare (B. C. 3. 37)
- to pack the baggage (for marching): vasa colligere (Liv. 21. 47)
- to give the signal for breaking up the camp, collecting baggage: vasa conclamare (B. C. 3. 37)