vagitus

English

Etymology

From Latin vāgītus (“crying, wailing”), from vāgiō (“cry, wail”).

Noun

vagitus (uncountable)

1. The crying of a newborn baby.

Derived terms

• vagitus uterinus

Latin

Etymology

From vāgiō (“cry, wail”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯aːˈɡiː.tus/, [u̯äːˈɡiːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vaˈd͡ʒi.tus/, [väˈd͡ʒiːt̪us]

Noun

vāgītus m (genitive vāgītūs); fourth declension

1. crying, wailing

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vāgītus	vāgītūs
Genitive	vāgītūs	vāgītuum
Dative	vāgītuī	vāgītibus
Accusative	vāgītum	vāgītūs
Ablative	vāgītū	vāgītibus
Vocative	vāgītus	vāgītūs

Related terms

• vāgiō

Descendants

• English: vagitus
• Spanish: vagido
• Portuguese: vagido

References

• “vagitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vagitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vagitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vagitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.