vecors

Latin

Alternative forms

• vaecors

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin vē-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥dés

Proto-Italic *kord

Latin cor

Latin vēcors

From vē- (“less than”) + cor (“soul, mind”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈweː.kɔrs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛː.kors]

Adjective

vēcors (genitive vēcordis, superlative vēcordissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. mad, insane, crazy

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	vēcors			vēcordēs	vēcordia
genitive	vēcordis			vēcordium
dative	vēcordī			vēcordibus
accusative	vēcordem	vēcors		vēcordīs vēcordēs	vēcordia
ablative	vēcordī vēcorde			vēcordibus
vocative	vēcors			vēcordēs	vēcordia

Derived terms

• vēcordia

References

• “vecors”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vecors”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “vecors”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.