vas

Meaning

  1. (declension-3) vessel, container, dish
  2. (declension-3) vase
  3. (declension-3) utensil, instrument
  4. (declension-3, in-plural) equipment, apparatus
  5. (declension-3, often) weapon
  6. (New-Latin, declension-3) a vas, vessel transporting bodily fluid

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈwaːs]
Etymology

Classical collateral form of pre-Classical vāsum, from inherited from Proto-Italic *wāss, cognate with Umbrian vasus (“container”), but further origin uncertain, with no known cognates outside of Italic.

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