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vegetus

vegetus

Esperanto

Verb

vegetus

conditional of vegeti

Latin

Etymology

From vegeō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwe.ɡe.tus/, [ˈwɛ.ɡɛ.tʊs]

Adjective

vegetus m ‎(feminine vegeta, neuter vegetum); first/second declension

enlivened, lively, animated, vigorous, active, brisk, sprightly

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	vegetus	vegeta	vegetum		vegetī	vegetae	vegeta
genitive	vegetī	vegetae	vegetī		vegetōrum	vegetārum	vegetōrum
dative	vegetō	vegetae	vegetō		vegetīs
accusative	vegetum	vegetam	vegetum		vegetōs	vegetās	vegeta
ablative	vegetō	vegetā	vegetō		vegetīs
vocative	vegete	vegeta	vegetum		vegetī	vegetae	vegeta

Derived terms

vegetō

Descendants

English: vegete, vegetous
Italian: vegeto
Portuguese: végeto

References

vegetus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
vegetus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vegetus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.