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Vegetius
Vegetius
English
Proper noun
Vegetius
- A male given name — famously held by:
- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (fl. late 4th C.), Late Latin writer on military matters and veterinary medicine
Translations
male given name of Latin origin
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Latin
Etymology
Probably vegetus (“vigorous”) + -ius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /weˈɡe.ti.us/, [wɛˈɡɛ.ti.ʊs]
Proper noun
Vegetius m (genitive Vegetiī or Vegetī); second declension
- A male cognomen — famously held by:
- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (fl. late 4th C.), Late Latin writer on military matters and veterinary medicine
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Vegetius |
| genitive | Vegetiī Vegetī1 |
| dative | Vegetiō |
| accusative | Vegetium |
| ablative | Vegetiō |
| vocative | Vegetī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- Bulgarian: Вегеций (Vegecij)
- Catalan: Vegeci
- Chinese: 维盖提乌斯
- English: Vegetius
- Esperanto: Vegecio
- French: Végèce
- Georgian: ვეგეციუსი (vegeciusi)
- Hebrew: וֶגֶטְיוּס
- Italian: Vegezio
- Japanese: ウェゲティウス (Wegetiusu)
- Latvian: Vegēcijs
- Polish: Wegecjusz
- Portuguese: Vegécio
- Russian: Веге́ций (Vegécij)
- Spanish: Vegecio
- Ukrainian: Вегецій (Vehecij)
References
- Vĕgĕtĭus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Vĕgĕtĭus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,650/2.