Vectis

See also: vectis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Vectis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛk.tɪs/

Proper noun

Vectis

1. the Isle of Wight

Usage notes

The name is used principally in the names of organisations, e.g. the main bus company on the Island Southern Vectis, and in the context of Roman and Romano-British era history.

Derived terms

• vectensis
• Vectisian

Anagrams

• civets, evicts

Latin

Alternative forms

• Vecta

Etymology

Possibly of Celtic origin, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *Ixtis (literally “nether”) (compare Irish ìosal (“low”), Welsh isel). However, there are other theories, such as a relation to Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (“creature, thing”), Proto-Celtic *wextā (“course, turn, time”), or simply from or influenced by Latin vectis (“lever, gate, separator”). More at Isle of Wight.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ek.tis/, [ˈu̯ɛkt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvek.tis/, [ˈvɛkt̪is]

Proper noun

Vectis f sg (genitive Vectis); third declension

1. Isle of Wight (an island in Western Europe, off the south coast of Great Britain, separated from the mainland by a narrow strait called the Solent)
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Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Vectis
genitive	Vectis
dative	Vectī
accusative	Vectem
ablative	Vecte
vocative	Vectis
locative	Vectī Vecte

Descendants

• English: Vectis

References

• “2. Vectis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 2 Vectis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,650/1”

Further reading

• Vectis insula on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la