LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

vāsum

vāsum n (genitive vāsī)

Meaning

  1. dish, vessel
  2. vase
  3. utensil
  4. tool
  5. baggage, war material (in plural)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevāsumvāsa
genitivevāsīvāsōrum
dativevāsōvāsīs
accusativevāsumvāsa
ablativevāsōvāsīs
vocativevāsumvāsa

vāsum and vāsus, i, v. 2. vas
I. init.

Origins

See vās. The word is pre-Classical. In Classical Latin it is only used in the plural.

Gallo-Romance
  • Occitanvas
  • Catalanvasfrom Old Catalan vas
  • Franco-Provençalvâso
  • Old Frenchvas
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesevasofrom Old Galician-Portuguese vaso
  • Spanishvasofrom Old Spanish vaso
  • Galicianvasofrom Old Galician-Portuguese vaso
  • Asturianvasufrom Old Leonese vaso
  • Cantabrianvasafrom Old Leonese vaso
  • Leonesevasufrom Old Leonese vaso
  • Mirandesebasofrom Old Leonese vaso
  • Ladinovasofrom Old Spanish vaso
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianvas
  • Aromanianvas
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianvaso
  • Galluresevasufrom Corsican vasu
  • Sassaresevasufrom Corsican vasu
  • Istriotvàso
  • Sicilianvasu
  • Venetanvaxo
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianvâs
  • Ladinvasa
  • Romanshvas
Gallo-Italic
  • Emilianvêś
  • Ligurianvaso
  • Lombardvas
  • Piedmontesevas
  • Romagnolvês
Borrowings
  • TranslingualVasum

Quick answers

What does vāsum mean in Latin?
vāsum, a noun, means “dish, vessel; vase; utensil”.
What is the genitive of vāsum?
The genitive singular is vāsī. vāsum is neuter, second declension.