Definition of "vicus" []

• A small civilian settlement outside a Roman fort (noun)

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• "*A vicus is a civilian settlement outside a military base, a sort of cross between a suburb and a shanty town."
• "Then comes the "village," which St. Thomas called the vicus, made up of several families for the purpose of providing for those material needs which the family cannot fulfill."
• "This is neither here nor in Pol. i. 1 the Aristotelian clanvillage, but the street of the medieval town, called vicus e.g., Vicus Straminis."