nomen vicis

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Etymology

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From Latin nomen vicis (literally “noun of instance”).

Noun

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nomen vicis (plural nomina vicis)

  1. (linguistics) a noun denoting a single accomplishment of an action (rather than the action as such)
    The noun “a jump” is a nomen vicis because it means a single instance of “jumping”.
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