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vagus
English
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin vagus (“wandering, rambling, strolling”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ve?.??s/
- Rhymes: -e???s
Noun
vagus (plural vagi)
- (Roman Catholicism) A homeless person or vagrant.
- (neuroanatomy) Ellipsis of vagus nerve.
Related terms
- vague
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain. De Vaan suggests from Proto-Italic *wagos, from Proto-Indo-European *Hwogos, and compares this form to Old Norse vakka (“to totter”), Old High German wankon (“to totter”), winkan (“to waver, stagger”), Old English wincian (“to nod”). Compare with Ancient Greek ???? (ókhos), Old English wa?ian, English wag, and English vag (the verb).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?u?a.?us/, [?u?ä??s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?va.?us/, [?v???us]
Adjective
vagus (feminine vaga, neuter vagum); first/second-declension adjective
- (literally) wandering, rambling, strolling, roving, roaming, unfixed, unsettled, vagrant
- Synonym: err?bundus
- (figuratively) wandering, wavering, unsteady, inconstant, doubtful, uncertain, vague
Inflection
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- vagus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Further reading
- vagus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- vagus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vagus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- vagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
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vagally
English
Etymology
vagal +? -ly
Adverb
vagally (not comparable)
- With respect to the vagus nerve
Related terms
- vagal
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