vicus

Meaning

1. (declension-2) street; quarter, neighbourhood; row of houses
2. (declension-2) village; hamlet
3. (declension-2) municipal section or ward, farm

Concepts

property

estate

farm

village

quarter

capital

street

ownership

neighbourhood

district

hamlet

ranch

domain

ward

area

land

specialization

spot

square

town

🏙️

venue

whereabouts

abode

neigborhood

accommodation

branch

cash

💸

collection

compartment

country house

department

division

field

fund

location

pigeonhole

place

section

site

Synonyms

villa

via

🛣️

ager

trames

quadrivium

vīcus

viculus

trivium

trāmes

vīculus

locus

pagus

Translations

Bauernhof

hisenda

fattoria

aldea

villaggio

boerderij

Dorf

χωριό

propriété

eigendom

ιδιοκτησία

Eigentum

proprietà

dorp

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈwiː.kʊs]

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *weikos, from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village”). Cognate of Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”), Sanskrit विश् (víś, “settlement, dwelling-space”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs, “village, place”), Etruscan 𐌅𐌉𐌊𐌖 (viku).