Dictionary formvia, viae(feminine)
Translation
road; way; street
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | via | viae |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | via | viae |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | viam | vias |
| Genitiveof | viae | viarum |
| Dativeto, for | viae | viis |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | via | viis |
Examples
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The road is long and hard.
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I saw him in the street.
Appia .
The Appian Way leads to the sea.
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We must go by this road.
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There is no other way.
, is a first declension feminine noun. It runs the same range as English "way": the physical road first, then the route taken, then the abstract method or manner of doing something.
The bare ablative , with no preposition, means "by way of", and that is precisely how the English preposition "via" got into the language. The great Roman roads carry it as a proper name, Appia, , Flaminia, always with the road name as an adjective agreeing with it. Compare , which is the journey rather than the road it runs along, so is what you do and is what you do it on. Descendants: Italian and Spanish , French voie, and viaticum, provisions for a journey, which becomes French voyage.
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 11: via, valde, cur and 7 more words.