vastus, vasta -um, vastior -or -us, vastissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
huge, vast; monstrous;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | vastus | vasti |
| Gen. | vasti | vastorum |
| Dat. | vasto | — |
| Acc. | vastum | vastos |
| Voc. | vaste | vasti |
| Abl. | vasto | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | vasta | vastae |
| Gen. | vastae | vastarum |
| Dat. | vastae | — |
| Acc. | vastam | vastas |
| Voc. | vasta | vastae |
| Abl. | vasta | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | vastum | vasta |
| Gen. | vasti | vastorum |
| Dat. | vasto | — |
| Acc. | vastum | vasta |
| Voc. | vastum | vasta |
| Abl. | vasto | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | vastius | vastiora |
| Gen. | vastioris | — |
| Acc. | vastius | vastiora |
| Voc. | vastius | vastiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | vastissimus | vastissimi |
| Gen. | vastissimi | vastissimorum |
| Dat. | vastissimo | — |
| Acc. | vastissimum | vastissimos |
| Voc. | vastissime | vastissimi |
| Abl. | vastissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | vastissima | vastissimae |
| Gen. | vastissimae | vastissimarum |
| Dat. | vastissimae | — |
| Acc. | vastissimam | vastissimas |
| Voc. | vastissima | vastissimae |
| Abl. | vastissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | vastissimum | vastissima |
| Gen. | vastissimi | vastissimorum |
| Dat. | vastissimo | — |
| Acc. | vastissimum | vastissima |
| Voc. | vastissimum | vastissima |
| Abl. | vastissimo | — |
Examples
- G
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...aberat mons ferme milia viginti tractu pari, vastus ab natura et humano cultu. Sed ex eo medio quasi..." - G
BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...profusus, ardens in cupiditatibus; satis eloquentiae, sapientiae parum. Vastus animus inmoderata, incredibilia, nimis alta semper cupiebat. Hunc post..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...reliquiae tumulo Augusti inferebantur modo per silentium vastus, modo ploratibus inquies; plena urbis itinera, conlucentes per campum Martis..." - G
Liber VI
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...dorsum impactosque fluctus in immensum elidit et tollit; vastus illic fragor canumque circa mare. Saxis deinde pilae adicientur..."