English

Noun

vagitus ‎(uncountable)

1. The crying of a newborn baby

Derived terms

• vagitus uterinus

Latin

Etymology

From vāgiō ‎(“cry, wail”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /waːˈɡiː.tus/, [waːˈɡiː.tʊs]

Noun

vāgītus m ‎(genitive vāgītūs); fourth declension

1. crying, wailing

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Related terms

• vāgiō

Descendants

• English: vagitus

References

• vagitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vagitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• VAGITUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vagitus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.