viae
SayVY-ee/ˈvaɪi/
- 1Plural of via.
The great viae of Rome were built with layered stone foundations.
Several viae radiated outward from the Forum toward the provinces.
Note
A Latin plural kept intact in English. Via is a first-declension noun, so it forms its plural in -ae, the same ending Latin uses for the genitive and dative singular. The form sits most comfortably with the Roman road, a sense met mostly in set phrases. The prepositional via, meaning "by way of" or "by means of," never takes a plural at all.
viae is a form of via
via, noun: A main road or highway, especially one built in ancient Rome; chiefly used in set names today. Full entry
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- via → viae: irregular plural (no -s)
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