LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

vagābundus

vagābundus (feminine vagābunda, neuter vagābundum)
Classical[wa.ɡaːˈbʊn.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[va.ɡaˈbun.dus]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinadjectivestrolling about

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevagābundusvagābundavagābundum
genitivevagābundīvagābundaevagābundī
dativevagābundōvagābundaevagābundō
accusativevagābundumvagābundamvagābundum
ablativevagābundōvagābundāvagābundō
vocativevagābundevagābundavagābundum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevagābundīvagābundaevagābunda
genitivevagābundōrumvagābundārumvagābundōrum
dativevagābundīsvagābundīsvagābundīs
accusativevagābundōsvagābundāsvagābunda
ablativevagābundīsvagābundīsvagābundīs
vocativevagābundīvagābundaevagābunda

văgābundus, a, um, adj. vagor,
I. strolling about, vagabond (ante- and postclass.), Fenest. ap. Fulg. 3, 9: per annos ferme novem, quibus eos vagabundus audivi, Aug. Conf. 5, 6; 13, 5: flamma, Sol. 5, 24; Dracont. Hexaëm. 1, 257.

Origins

From verb vagor (“to wander”) + -bundus. Compare vādō (“to walk”).

Descendants
  • Catalanvagabund
  • Englishvagabond
  • Frenchvagabond
  • Romanianvagabondfrom French vagabond
  • Italianvagabondo
  • Portuguesevagabundo
  • Sardinianbundu
  • Spanishvagabundo
  • Friulianvagabont
  • Galicianvagabundo

In English words that came into English from vagābundus

  • vagabondvagābundus

Quick answers

What does vagābundus mean in Latin?
vagābundus, a adjective, means “strolling about”.
How do you pronounce vagābundus?
In classical Latin, [wa.ɡaːˈbʊn.dʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [va.ɡaˈbun.dus].