Noun: vicus
Sample Sentences
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The compital shrines stood at primary crossroads in the vici and received sacrifices during the annual Compitalia Festival. [2011, Brenda Longfellow, Roman Imperialism and Civic Patronage:]
Nouns inflected like vicus
ophiopluteus,
faveolus,
saccus,
lampadarius,
scarus,
scapus,
solvus,
soleus,
socius,
acrorhagus,
red nucleus,
xystus,
phaseolus,
jelly fungus,
rust fungus,
computus,
paraflocculus,
sibilant rhonchus,
chalimus,
stratigotus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vīcus (“village”). Doublet of wick. See: Latin Nouns '
vīcus'.