vassus

== Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *vastus. Cognates include Finnish vastus and Estonian vastus. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑsːus/, [ˈʋɑs̠ːŭz̠] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑsːus/, [ˈʋɑʃːuʒ̥] Rhymes: -ɑsːus Hyphenation: vas‧sus === Noun === vassus answer solution reply countermeasure socket (of a snap fastener) ==== Declension ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 645 == Latin == === Alternative forms === bassus === Etymology === Borrowed from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *uɸostos (“servant”) (compare Old Irish foss and Welsh gwas). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwas.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvas.sus] === Noun === vassus m (genitive vassī); second declension (Late Latin) servant, serf vassal ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== vassallus ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: vasso === References === "vassus", 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) R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “vassus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC