pāgus
Erscheinungsbild
From Proto-Italic *pāgos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to fasten, fix”). Perhaps "a space with fixed boundaries". See related terms. Compare the meaning, "region", of fīnis again perhaps of a root meaning "to fix".
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpaː.ɡus/, [ˈpäːɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ɡus/, [ˈpäːɡus]
Noun
pāgus m (genitive pāgī); second declension
- district, province, region, canton
- area outside of a city, countryside; rural community
- country or rural people
- clan
- (Medieval Latin) village
- (Medieval Latin) territory
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pāgus | pāgī |
| Genitive | pāgī | pāgōrum |
| Dative | pāgō | pāgīs |
| Accusative | pāgum | pāgōs |
| Ablative | pāgō | pāgīs |
| Vocative | pāge | pāgī |