pronoun
vōs
vōs
Classical[ˈwoːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈvɔs]
№ 130 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- you, ye, you all; nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tū
Vōs et Scyllaeam rabiem penitusque sonantīs accestis scopulōs, vōs et Cyclōpea saxa expertī [...].
“You neared mad Scylla and heard the howls within her cliffs, and you experienced the rocks of the Cyclops.” (Note: “accestis” is a syncopated form of “accessistis.” The “vos et … vos et” repetition exemplifies anaphora.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.200–202
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
you (pl.)vōs — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | vōs |
| genitive | — | vestrī vestrum |
| dative | — | vōbīs |
| accusative | — | vōs |
| ablative | — | vōbīs |
| vocative | — | vōs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- ne diutius vos demorer
- not to be prolix.
vos,
I. pron., v. tu.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vōs
plur. of tu.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *wōs, from the oblique case forms of Proto-Indo-European *yúHs.
Descendants
- Catalanvós
- Catalanvosaltres
- Italianvoi
- Italianvoialtri
- Occitanvos
- Occitanvosautres
- Frenchvousfrom Old French vos
- Portuguesevósfrom Old Galician-Portuguese vos
- Romanianvoi
- Romanianvouă