vas

vas

Classical collateral form of pre-Classical vāsum, from Proto-Italic *wāss, cognate with Umbrian vasus (“container”), but further origin uncertain, with no known cognates outside of Italic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯aːs/, [u̯äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vas/, [väs]

Noun

vās n (genitive vāsis); third declension

1. vessel, container, dish
2. vase
3. utensil, instrument
4. (in the plural) equipment, apparatus

Declension

In the singular this noun is third declension but in the plural it is second declension. Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vās	vāsa
Genitive	vāsis	vāsōrum
Dative	vāsī	vāsīs
Accusative	vās	vāsa
Ablative	vāse	vāsīs
Vocative	vās	vāsa

From Proto-Italic *woss, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to bind, pledge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯as/, [u̯äs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vas/, [väs]

Noun

vas m (genitive vadis); third declension

1. bail, surety

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vas	vadēs
Genitive	vadis	vadum
Dative	vadī	vadibus
Accusative	vadem	vadēs
Ablative	vade	vadibus
Vocative	vas	vadēs