vagus

lat. vagus ‘umherschweifend, -streifend, unstet, ungebunden’.

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 ὄχος(ókhos), Old English waġian, English wag, and English vag (the verb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.ɡus/, [ˈu̯äɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡus/, [ˈväːɡus]

Adjective

vagus (feminine vaga, neuter vagum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (literal) wandering, rambling, strolling, roving, roaming, unfixed, unsettled, vagrant [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: errābundus, vagābundus

   vagus animis ― gone insane, gone mad

2. (figuratively) wandering, wavering, unsteady, inconstant, doubtful, uncertain, vague
3. undecided, fickle [ synonyms, antonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: dubius, suspensus, incertus, anceps

   Antonyms: indubius, prōmptus, fixus

   vagus animi ― undecided mind

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	vagus	vaga	vagum		vagī	vagae	vaga
Genitive	vagī	vagae	vagī		vagōrum	vagārum	vagōrum
Dative	vagō		vagō		vagīs
Accusative	vagum	vagam	vagum		vagōs	vagās	vaga
Ablative	vagō	vagā	vagō		vagīs
Vocative	vage	vaga	vagum		vagī	vagae	vaga