Vesunna

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Gaulish city, named after the Celtic goddess Vesunna, from Proto-Celtic *wesus (good), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Vesunna f sg (genitive Vesunnae); first declension

  1. The chief city of the Petrocorii in Aquitania, now Périgueux

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Vesunna
Genitive Vesunnae
Dative Vesunnae
Accusative Vesunnam
Ablative Vesunnā
Vocative Vesunna
Locative Vesunnae

References[edit]

  • Vesunna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Vesunna”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly