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vicis.

change; alternation; interchange

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈwɪ.kɪs]Classical-Latin[ˈviː.t͡ʃis]

  1. change; alternation; interchange

    declension-3 · feminine
    in vicem

  2. time; instance

    declension-3 · feminine

  3. season

    broadly · declension-3 · feminine

  4. succession

    declension-3 · feminine

  5. condition; lot

    declension-3 · feminine

  6. the position, room, place, stead, post, office or duty of one person assumed by another

    declension-3 · feminine
Where this word comes from

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”).

noun[ˈwiː.kiːs]Classical-Latin[ˈviː.t͡ʃis]

  1. dative/ablative plural of vīcus (“row of houses; street; village”)

    ablative · dative · form-of · plural
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