vicis

Catalan

Noun

vicis

  1. plural of vici

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to curve, bend”). Cognate with vinciō, Ancient Greek εἴκω (eíkō), English week, German Wechsel (“change”), Northern Sami viker (“willow twig, wand”), Old Norse vikja (“to bend, turn”), Old English wician (“to yield, give way”), wice (“wych elm”), Sanskrit विष्टी (viṣṭī, “changeable, changing”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwi.kis/, [ˈwɪ.kɪs]

Noun

vicis f (genitive vicis); third declension

  1. change, alternation, turn
  2. time, instance
  3. (by extension) season
  4. succession
  5. condition, lot

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative — vicēs
Genitive vicis vicum
Dative vicī vicibus
Accusative vicem vicēs
Ablative vice vicibus
Vocative — vicēs

The nominative and vocative singular do not occur.

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

vīcīs

  1. dative plural of vīcus
  2. ablative plural of vīcus

References
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