"vassus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈwas.sʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈvas.sus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *uɸostos (“servant”) (compare Old Irish foss and Welsh gwas). Etymology templates: {{bor+|la|cel-gau|*wassos||young man, squire}} Borrowed from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), {{der|la|cel-pro|*uɸostos||servant}} Proto-Celtic *uɸostos (“servant”), {{cog|sga|foss}} Old Irish foss, {{cog|cy|gwas}} Welsh gwas Head templates: {{la-noun|vassus<2>}} vassus m (genitive vassī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|vassus<2>}} Forms: vassī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], vassus [nominative, singular], vassī [nominative, plural], vassī [genitive, singular], vassōrum [genitive, plural], vassō [dative, singular], vassīs [dative, plural], vassum [accusative, singular], vassōs [accusative, plural], vassō [ablative, singular], vassīs [ablative, plural], vasse [singular, vocative], vassī [plural, vocative], bassus [alternative]
  1. servant, serf Tags: Late-Latin, declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-vassus-la-noun-QMCn5gtX Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
  2. vassal Tags: Late-Latin, declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-vassus-la-noun-zZkONQbA Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Feudalism Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 44 56 Disambiguation of Feudalism: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vassallus

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vassallus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "vasso"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cel-gau",
        "3": "*wassos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "young man, squire"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*uɸostos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "servant"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "foss"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish foss",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "gwas"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh gwas",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *uɸostos (“servant”) (compare Old Irish foss and Welsh gwas).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vassī",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassī",
          "vassi"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassī",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassī",
          "vassi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassī",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassī",
          "vassi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassōrum",
          "vassorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassō",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassō",
          "vasso#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassīs",
          "vassis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassōs",
          "vassos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassō",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassō",
          "vasso#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassīs",
          "vassis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vasse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassī",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassī",
          "vassi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bassus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vassus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "vassus m (genitive vassī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vassus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "servant, serf"
      ],
      "id": "en-vassus-la-noun-QMCn5gtX",
      "links": [
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ],
        [
          "serf",
          "serf"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Feudalism",
          "orig": "la:Feudalism",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vassal"
      ],
      "id": "en-vassus-la-noun-zZkONQbA",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassal",
          "vassal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwas.sʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvas.sus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vassus"
}

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    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms borrowed from Gaulish",
    "Latin terms derived from Gaulish",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Feudalism"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "vassallus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "vasso"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cel-gau",
        "3": "*wassos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "young man, squire"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*uɸostos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "servant"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *uɸostos (“servant”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "foss"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish foss",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "gwas"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh gwas",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *uɸostos (“servant”) (compare Old Irish foss and Welsh gwas).",
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      "links": [
        [
          "vassī",
          "vassi"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassī",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassī",
          "vassi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassī",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassī",
          "vassi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassōrum",
          "vassorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassō",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassō",
          "vasso#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassīs",
          "vassis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassōs",
          "vassos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassō",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassō",
          "vasso#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassīs",
          "vassis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vasse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vassī",
      "links": [
        [
          "vassī",
          "vassi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bassus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vassus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "vassus m (genitive vassī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vassus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "servant, serf"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ],
        [
          "serf",
          "serf"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vassal"
      ],
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        [
          "vassal",
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        ]
      ],
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        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwas.sʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvas.sus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vassus"
}

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