LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

vīcus

vīcus m (genitive vīcī)
Classical[ˈwiː.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈviː.kus]

Meaning

  1. row of houses; street; quarter; neighbourhood
    ...sānē murtēta relinquī dictaque cessantem nervīs ēlīdere morbum sulfura contemnī vīcus gemit, invidus aegrīs, quī caput et stomachum suppōnere fontibus audent Clūsīnīs Gabiōsque petunt et frīgida rūra.Of course the town murmurs at its myrtle-groves being deserted, and its sulphur baths despised, so famous for driving a lingering disorder from the sinews, and takes offence at invalids who dare to plunge head and stomach under the showers from Clusium's springs, or who repair to Gabii and its cold country-side.21 BCE, Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Epistularum liber primus (First Book of Letters): 15
  2. village; hamlet
    Ubi iam sē ad eam rem parātōs esse arbitrātī sunt, oppida sua omnia, numerō ad duodecim, vīcōs, ad quadringentōs, reliqua prīvāta aedificia incendunt; […].When they considered themselves prepared enough for that undertaking, they burned all their towns, about twelve in number, their villages, about four hundred, and all the remaining private buildings; […] .c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.5
  3. municipal section or ward; farm

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

locus habitātus parvus
vīcus -ī (m) — in Epistulae, ch. 8

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevīcusvīcī
vīcora
genitivevīcīvīcōrum
dativevīcōvīcīs
accusativevīcumvīcōs
vīcora
ablativevīcōvīcīs
vocativevīcevīcī

vīcus, i, m. Sanscr. vēcas, vēcman, house; Gr. οἶκος; O. H. Germ. wīch, village; and Engl. -wick or -wich, as in Berwick, Norwich.
I. Collectively, a row of houses in town or country, a quarter of a city, a street, Cic. Mil. 24, 64; Caes. B. C. 1, 27; Hor. S. 2, 3, 228; id. Ep. 1, 20, 18; 2, 1, 269; Ov. F. 6, 610 al.—
II. A village, hamlet, a country-seat: si quis Cobiamacho, qui vicus inter Tolosam et Narbonem est, deverterentur, Cic. Font. 5, 9; Caes. B. G. 1, 5; 2, 7; 4, 4; Liv. 38, 30, 7; Tac. G. 12; Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 5; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 8; 1, 15, 7; 2, 2, 177 al.

Origins

Inherited from Proto-Italic *weikos, from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village”). Cognate of Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”), Sanskrit विश् (víś, “settlement; dwelling-space”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs, “village; place”), Etruscan 𐌅𐌉𐌊𐌖 (viku).

Italo-Romance
  • Italianvico
  • Neapolitanvico
Gallo-Romance
  • CatalanVic
  • Old Occitanbic
Borrowings
  • Englishvicus
  • Old Irishfich
  • Bretongwig
  • Cornishgwig
  • Welshgwig
  • Proto-West Germanic*wīk
  • Interlinguavico
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Romanshvitg
Gallo-Italic
  • Lombardvic
Ibero-Romance
  • GalicianVigo

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesVicusVicus (akin to οἷκος), a term used in different applications. 1. In the earliest times the various Italian nations appear to have lived, not in towns,…

Quick answers

What does vīcus mean in Latin?
vīcus, a noun, means “row of houses; street; quarter”.
What is the genitive of vīcus?
The genitive singular is vīcī. vīcus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce vīcus?
In classical Latin, [ˈwiː.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈviː.kus].