adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
vīcīnus1
vīcīnus (feminine vīcīna, neuter vīcīnum, comparative vīcīnior, adverb vīcīnē)
Classical[wiːˈkiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[viˈt͡ʃiː.nus]
№ 940 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- adjectivepoeticnear, neighboring
- adjectivelike, similar, kindred
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī prope nōs habitat.vīcīnus -ī m — in Mille Verba, Urbs et Aedificia
quī iūxtā stat vel habitatvīcīnus -ī (m) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 6
quī iūxtā habitatvīcīnus -ī (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 9
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Vicinus · Finitimus · Confinis
Vicini (οἰκεῖοι) are neighbors, in reference to house and yard; whereas finitimi and confines, with reference to the boundaries of the land; finitimi, in a one-sided relationship, as the neighbors of others, who dwell near their boundaries, in a mere geographical sense; confines, in a mutual relationship, as opposite neighbors, who have boundaries in common, with the moral accessory notion of friendship associated with neighborhood. The finitimi are finibus diremti; whereas the confines are confinio conjuncti. (v. 181.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vīcīnus | vīcīna | vīcīnum |
| genitive | vīcīnī | vīcīnae | vīcīnī |
| dative | vīcīnō | vīcīnae | vīcīnō |
| accusative | vīcīnum | vīcīnam | vīcīnum |
| ablative | vīcīnō | vīcīnā | vīcīnō |
| vocative | vīcīne | vīcīna | vīcīnum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vīcīnī | vīcīnae | vīcīna |
| genitive | vīcīnōrum | vīcīnārum | vīcīnōrum |
| dative | vīcīnīs | vīcīnīs | vīcīnīs |
| accusative | vīcīnōs | vīcīnās | vīcīna |
| ablative | vīcīnīs | vīcīnīs | vīcīnīs |
| vocative | vīcīnī | vīcīnae | vīcīna |
vīcīnus, a, um, adj. vicus,
I. near, neighboring, in the neighborhood or vicinity.
I. Lit.
A. Adj. (mostly poet.; cf.:
contiguus, finitimus): taberna, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 24: silva, id. C. 3, 29, 39: oppidum, id. Epod. 5, 44: urbes, id. A. P. 66; Verg. G. 1, 510: sedes astris, id. A. 5, 759: caelo Olympum, Tib. 4, 1, 131: heu quam vicina est ultima terra mihi! Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 52: bellum, Liv. 1, 14, 6.—Poet.: jurgia, i.e. of neighbors, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 171.—With gen.: ora vicina perusti aetheris, Luc. 9, 432.—Comp.: ni convexa foret (terra), parti vicinior esset, Ov. F. 6, 275.—B. Substt.
1. vīcīnus, i, m., a neighbor (the predom. signif. of the word):
Eutychus Tuus ... vicinus proximus, Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 7; so, proximus, Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 21; Dig. 50, 15, 4: ceteri finitimi ac vicini, Cic. Sull. 20, 58: vel tribules vel vicinos meos, id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47: si te interioribus vicinis tuis anteponis, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7: bonus sane vicinus, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 132: vicine Palaemon, Verg. E. 3, 53.—b. Transf., of time, a contemporary: Tertullianus vicinus eorum temporum, Hier. Script. Eccl. Luc.—
2. vīcīna, ae, f., a neighbor:
ego huc transeo in proximum ad meam vicinam, Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 2; 3, 3, 16; Ter. And. 1, 1, 78; id. Hec. 4, 4, 98; Quint. 5, 11, 28; Hor. C. 3, 19, 24.—With gen.: Fides in Capitolio vicina Jovis, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 104: anus vicina loci, Ov. F. 6, 399.—3. vīcīnum, i, n., a neighboring place, the neighborhood, vicinity (mostly post-Aug.):
stellae in vicino terrae, Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 68; so, in vicino, id. 6, 26, 30, § 122; Cels. 2, 6 fin.; Sen. Brev. Vit. 15, 3: ex (e) vicino, Col. 7, 2, 4; Plin. 23, 8, 75, § 145.—Plur.: amnis rigans vicina, Plin. 6, 18, 22, § 65; Ov. M. 1, 573.—With gen.: in Syriae vicina pervenire, Plin. 16, 32, 59, § 135.—II. Trop., nearly resembling in quality or nature, like, similar, kindred, allied (class.):
dialecticorum scientia vicina et finitima eloquentiae, Cic. Or. 32, 113: vicina praedictae, sed amplior virtus, Quint. 8, 3, 83: in his rebus, quibus nomina sua sunt, vicinis potius uti, id. 8, 6, 35: vicina virtutibus vitia, id. 8, 3, 7: quod est ὑποπτώσει vicinum, id. 9, 2, 58: odor croco vicinus est, Plin. 21, 9, 29, § 53; cf. id. 21, 18, 69, § 115: cui vicinum est, non negare quod obicitur, Quint. 6, 3, 81.—Comp.: ferrum molle plumboque vicinius, Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 143.—b. Absol.:
non ex eodem sed ex diverso vicinum accipitur, Quint. 9, 3, 68: multum ab amethysto distat hyacinthos, tamen e vicino descendens, Plin. 37, 9, 41, § 125 (al. ab vicino tamen colore descendens).—Hence, adv.: vīcīnē, in the neighborhood, near by (late Lat.): (fluvius) quantum crescit aquis, pisces vicinius offert, nearer by, Ven. Carm. 3, 12, 11: vicinissime frui, Aug. Doctr. Chr. 1, 33 fin.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vīcīnus adj. with comp.
vicus, of the neighborhood, near, neighboring, in the vicinity: adulescentulus: bellum, L.: taberna, H.: iurgia, of neighbors, H.: astris sedes, V.: Ni convexa foret (terra), parti vicinior esset, O.—As subst m., a neighbor: proximus: vel tribulīs vel vicinos meos: bonus sane vicinus, H.: vicine Palaemon, V.—As subst f., a neighbor: Chrysis vicina haec moritur, T.: Fides vicina Iovis: anus vicina loci, O.—Plur neut. as subst, the neighborhood, vicinity: sonitu plus quam vicina fatigat, O.—Fig., similar, kindred, allied: vicina eius (eloquentiae) dialecticorum scientia.—Near, approaching: mors, Ph.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*weyḱós
- Proto-Italic*weikos
- Latinvīcīnus
Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin vīcīnus From vīcus (“town, street, quarter”) + -īnus (“pertaining to”). Compare typologically Lithuanian kaimynas (< kaimas).