vadum

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm (compare Proto-Germanic *wadą) < *weh₂dʰ-, same source as vādō. Cognate with Old English wadan (English wade). ==== Alternative forms ==== vadus ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwa.dũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvaː.dum] ==== Noun ==== vadum n (genitive vadī); second declension A shallow, ford, shoal A body of water; sea, stream The bottom of a body of water (figuratively) a “shallow” as a metaphor for circumstances implying either safety or danger, similar to a boat in shallow water ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun (neuter). ===== Derived terms ===== vadōsus ===== Related terms ===== vadō ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== vadum genitive plural of vas (“bail”) === References === === Further reading === “vadum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “vadum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "vadum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “vadum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.