vallus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wl̥H-o- (“stick, stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍃 (walus).

Noun

vallus m (genitive vallī); second declension

  1. palisade
  2. stake, pole

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vallus vallī
Genitive vallī vallōrum
Dative vallō vallīs
Accusative vallum vallōs
Ablative vallō vallīs
Vocative valle vallī

References
  • vallus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vallus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vallus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • vallus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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