# vagus
## English
### Etymology

Borrowing from Latin vagus (“wandering, rambling, strolling”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈveɪ.ɡəs/
* Rhymes: -eɪɡəs

### Noun

vagus (plural vagi)
* (Roman Catholicism) A homeless person or vagrant.
** 1922, “Domicile”, in Charles George Herbermann, Edward A. Pace, editors, The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, volume 17, page 270:Though not referred in the Code as a domicile of origin, a child's place of origin is fixed by the place where his father had his domicile or, in defect of domicile, his quasi-domicile when the child was born, or where the mother had hers if the child was illegitimate or posthumous; if the parents were vagi it is the place where the child was born; if the child was a foundling the place where it was discovered.
* (neuroanatomy) Ellipsis of vagus nerve.

#### Related terms

* vague

## Finnish
### Etymology

< Latin vagus

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋɑɡus/, [ˈʋɑ̝ɡus̠]
* Rhymes: -ɑɡus
* Hyphenation: va‧gus

### Noun

vagus
* (medicine, in compounds) vagus, vagus nerve

#### Declension

Possessive forms of vagus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vagukseni
vagukseni
accusative
nom.
vagukseni
vagukseni
gen.
vagukseni
genitive
vagukseni
vagusteni vaguksieni
partitive
vagustani
vaguksiani
inessive
vaguksessani
vaguksissani
elative
vaguksestani
vaguksistani
illative
vagukseeni
vaguksiini
adessive
vaguksellani
vaguksillani
ablative
vagukseltani
vaguksiltani
allative
vagukselleni
vaguksilleni
essive
vaguksenani
vaguksinani
translative
vaguksekseni
vaguksikseni
abessive
vaguksettani
vaguksittani
instructive
comitative
—vaguksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vaguksesi
vaguksesi
accusative
nom.
vaguksesi
vaguksesi
gen.
vaguksesi
genitive
vaguksesi
vagustesi vaguksiesi
partitive
vagustasi
vaguksiasi
inessive
vaguksessasi
vaguksissasi
elative
vaguksestasi
vaguksistasi
illative
vagukseesi
vaguksiisi
adessive
vaguksellasi
vaguksillasi
ablative
vagukseltasi
vaguksiltasi
allative
vaguksellesi
vaguksillesi
essive
vaguksenasi
vaguksinasi
translative
vagukseksesi
vaguksiksesi
abessive
vaguksettasi
vaguksittasi
instructive
comitative
—vaguksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vaguksemme
vaguksemme
accusative
nom.
vaguksemme
vaguksemme
gen.
vaguksemme
genitive
vaguksemme
vagustemme vaguksiemme
partitive
vagustamme
vaguksiamme
inessive
vaguksessamme
vaguksissamme
elative
vaguksestamme
vaguksistamme
illative
vagukseemme
vaguksiimme
adessive
vaguksellamme
vaguksillamme
ablative
vagukseltamme
vaguksiltamme
allative
vaguksellemme
vaguksillemme
essive
vaguksenamme
vaguksinamme
translative
vagukseksemme
vaguksiksemme
abessive
vaguksettamme
vaguksittamme
instructive
comitative
—vaguksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vaguksenne
vaguksenne
accusative
nom.
vaguksenne
vaguksenne
gen.
vaguksenne
genitive
vaguksenne
vagustenne vaguksienne
partitive
vagustanne
vaguksianne
inessive
vaguksessanne
vaguksissanne
elative
vaguksestanne
vaguksistanne
illative
vagukseenne
vaguksiinne
adessive
vaguksellanne
vaguksillanne
ablative
vagukseltanne
vaguksiltanne
allative
vaguksellenne
vaguksillenne
essive
vaguksenanne
vaguksinanne
translative
vagukseksenne
vaguksiksenne
abessive
vaguksettanne
vaguksittanne
instructive
comitative
—vaguksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vaguksensa
vaguksensa
accusative
nom.
vaguksensa
vaguksensa
gen.
vaguksensa
genitive
vaguksensa
vagustensa vaguksiensa
partitive
vagustaan vagustansa
vaguksiaan vaguksiansa
inessive
vaguksessaan vaguksessansa
vaguksissaan vaguksissansa
elative
vaguksestaan vaguksestansa
vaguksistaan vaguksistansa
illative
vagukseensa
vaguksiinsa
adessive
vaguksellaan vaguksellansa
vaguksillaan vaguksillansa
ablative
vagukseltaan vagukseltansa
vaguksiltaan vaguksiltansa
allative
vagukselleen vaguksellensa
vaguksilleen vaguksillensa
essive
vaguksenaan vaguksenansa
vaguksinaan vaguksinansa
translative
vaguksekseen vagukseksensa
vaguksikseen vaguksiksensa
abessive
vaguksettaan vaguksettansa
vaguksittaan vaguksittansa
instructive
comitative
—vaguksineen vaguksinensa :

#### Derived terms

* vagushermo

## Latin
### Etymology

Uncertain. De Vaan suggests from Proto-Italic *wagos, from Proto-Indo-European *Hwogos, and compares this form to Old Norse vakka (“to totter”), Old High German wankon (“to totter”), winkan (“to waver, stagger”), Old English wincian (“to nod”). Compare also with Lithuanian võgti (“to steal”), Ancient Greek ὄχος (ókhos), Old English waġian, English wag, and English vag (the verb).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯a.ɡus/, [ˈu̯äɡʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈva.ɡus/, [ˈväːɡus]

### Adjective

vagus (feminine vaga, neuter vagum); first/second-declension adjective
* (literal) wandering, rambling, strolling, roving, roaming, unfixed, unsettled, vagrant
    Synonyms: errābundus, vagābundus
    vagus animis ― gone insane, gone mad
* (figuratively) wandering, wavering, unsteady, inconstant, doubtful, uncertain, vague
* undecided, fickle
    Synonyms: dubius, suspensus, incertus, anceps
    Antonyms: indubius, prōmptus, fixus
    vagus animi ― undecided mind

#### Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

#### Derived terms

* arēnivagus
* circumvagus
* fluctivagus
* harēnivagus
* ignivagus
* lūdivagus
* lustrivagus
* montivagus
* multivagus
* mundivagus
* nemorivagus
* noctivagus
* nūbivagus
* omnivagus
* palūdivagus
* pervagus
* pontivagus
* rēmivagus
* sōlivagus
* undivagus
* vagē
* vagor
* vagulus
* Venerivagus
* vulgivagus

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: vague
* → Czech: vágní
* → English: vagus
* → Galician: vago
* → Italian: vago
* → Old French: vague
** → Danish: vag
** → Dutch: vaag
** → English: vague
** French: vague
** → Swedish: vag
* → Portuguese: vago
* → Romanian: vag
* → Spanish: vago
* → Slovak: vágny

### References

* “vagus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* vagus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vagus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 651

### Further reading

* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “vagus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “vagus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "vagus", 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)
* vagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. the planets: stellae errantes, vagae