Vegetius

English

Etymology

From the Latin Vegetius.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɪˈɡɛtɪəs/, /vɪˈdʒɛtɪəs/

Proper noun

Vegetius

1. A male given name from Latin — famously held by:
   1. Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (fl. late 4th C.), Late Latin writer on military matters and veterinary medicine

Translations

male given name of Latin origin

Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

Further reading

• Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

Probably vegetus (“vigorous”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯eˈɡe.ti.us/, [u̯ɛˈɡɛt̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /veˈd͡ʒet.t͡si.us/, [veˈd͡ʒɛt̪ː͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Vegetius m sg (genitive Vegetiī or Vegetī); second declension

1. A male cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (fl. late 4th C.), Late Latin writer on military matters and veterinary medicine

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Vegetius
Genitive	Vegetiī Vegetī1
Dative	Vegetiō
Accusative	Vegetium
Ablative	Vegetiō
Vocative	Vegetī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Bulgarian: Вегеций (Vegecij)
• Catalan: Vegeci
• Chinese: 维盖提乌斯
• English: Vegetius
• Esperanto: Vegecio
• French: Végèce
• Georgian: ვეგეციუსი (vegeciusi)
• Hebrew: וֶגֶטְיוּס
• Italian: Vegezio
• Japanese: ウェゲティウス (Wegetiusu)
• Latvian: Vegēcijs
• Polish: Wegecjusz
• Portuguese: Vegécio
• Russian: Веге́ций (Vegécij)
• Spanish: Vegecio
• Ukrainian: Вегецій (Vehecij)

References

• “Vĕgĕtĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Vĕgĕtĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,650/2.

Further reading

• Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la