Vesbius
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯es.bi.us/, [ˈu̯ɛs̠biʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈves.bi.us/, [ˈvɛzbius]
Proper noun edit
Vesbius m sg (genitive Vesbiī or Vesbī); second declension
- Contraction of Vesuvius.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Vesbius |
| Genitive | Vesbiī Vesbī1 |
| Dative | Vesbiō |
| Accusative | Vesbium |
| Ablative | Vesbiō |
| Vocative | Vesbī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “Vesbĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Vesbĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,665/2.