vasum

See also: Vasum

Latin

Etymology

See vās. The word is pre-Classical. In Classical Latin it is only used in the plural.

Noun

vāsum n (genitive vāsī); second declension

1. dish, vessel
2. vase
3. utensil
4. tool
5. baggage, war material (in plural)

   Synonyms: sarcina, impedimentum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	vāsum	vāsa
genitive	vāsī	vāsōrum
dative	vāsō	vāsīs
accusative	vāsum	vāsa
ablative	vāsō	vāsīs
vocative	vāsum	vāsa

Derived terms

• convāsō

Descendants

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: vas
  • Romanian: vas
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Italian: vaso (see there for further descendants)
  • Sicilian: vasu
  • Venetan: vaxo
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: vâs
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: vas
    • Catalan: vas
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: vasu
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: vaso
    • Galician: vaso
    • Portuguese: vaso
  • Old Spanish: vaso
    • Spanish: vaso (see there for further descendants)
• Borrowings:
  • → Translingual: Vasum

Noun

vāsum

1. genitive plural of vās

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vasum in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “vasum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (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)