"Vesputius" meaning in Latin

See Vesputius in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [wɛsˈpʊ.ti.ʊs] [Classical-Latin], [vesˈput.t͡si.us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Latinization of Italian Vespucci. Etymology templates: {{der|la|it|Vespucci}} Italian Vespucci Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Vesputius<2>}} Vesputius m sg (genitive Vesputiī or Vesputī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Vesputius<2>}} Forms: Vesputiī [genitive], Vesputī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Vesputius [nominative, singular], Vesputiī [genitive, singular], Vesputī [genitive, singular], Vesputiō [dative, singular], Vesputium [accusative, singular], Vesputiō [ablative, singular], Vesputī [singular, vocative]
  1. (Renaissance Latin) a male surname from Italian, equivalent to Italian Vespucci Tags: declension-2, masculine, singular

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
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    },
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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    },
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    },
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        ]
      ],
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vesputium",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vesputiō",
      "links": [
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          "Vesputiō",
          "Vesputio#Latin"
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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              79,
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              112,
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          "english": "Now, indeed, as these regions are more widely explored, and another fourth part has been discovered by Americus Vesputius, as may be learned from the following letters, I do not see why any one may justly forbid it to be named Amerige—that is, Americ’s land, from Americus, the discoverer, a man of sagacious mind, or America, since both Europe and Asia derived their names from women.",
          "ref": "1507, Martin Waldseemüller, Matthias Ringmann, chapter IX, in Cosmographiae Introductio, page 30:",
          "text": "Nunc vero et hae partes sunt latius lustratae et alia quarta pars per Americum Vesputium (ut in sequentibus audietur) inventa est, quam non video cur quis jure vetet ab Americo inventore, sagacis ingenii viro Amerigen quasi Americi terram, sive Americam dicendam: cum et Europa et Asia a mulieribus sua sortita sint nomina.",
          "translation": "Now, indeed, as these regions are more widely explored, and another fourth part has been discovered by Americus Vesputius, as may be learned from the following letters, I do not see why any one may justly forbid it to be named Amerige—that is, Americ’s land, from Americus, the discoverer, a man of sagacious mind, or America, since both Europe and Asia derived their names from women.",
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      "ipa": "[vesˈput.t͡si.us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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      ],
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              121
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          "english": "Now, indeed, as these regions are more widely explored, and another fourth part has been discovered by Americus Vesputius, as may be learned from the following letters, I do not see why any one may justly forbid it to be named Amerige—that is, Americ’s land, from Americus, the discoverer, a man of sagacious mind, or America, since both Europe and Asia derived their names from women.",
          "ref": "1507, Martin Waldseemüller, Matthias Ringmann, chapter IX, in Cosmographiae Introductio, page 30:",
          "text": "Nunc vero et hae partes sunt latius lustratae et alia quarta pars per Americum Vesputium (ut in sequentibus audietur) inventa est, quam non video cur quis jure vetet ab Americo inventore, sagacis ingenii viro Amerigen quasi Americi terram, sive Americam dicendam: cum et Europa et Asia a mulieribus sua sortita sint nomina.",
          "translation": "Now, indeed, as these regions are more widely explored, and another fourth part has been discovered by Americus Vesputius, as may be learned from the following letters, I do not see why any one may justly forbid it to be named Amerige—that is, Americ’s land, from Americus, the discoverer, a man of sagacious mind, or America, since both Europe and Asia derived their names from women.",
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  ],
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}

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