Vesuvius
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Vesuvius, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /vəˈsu.vi.əs/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: Ve‧su‧vi‧us
Proper noun[edit]
Vesuvius
- A volcanic mountain located on the Gulf of Naples in Italy.
- 1928 February 25 – March 3, Arthur Conan Doyle, “When the World Screamed”, in The Professor Challenger Stories […], London: John Murray, […], published [1952], →OCLC, page 577:
- Hecla bellowed until the Icelanders feared a cataclysm. Vesuvius blew its head off.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
volcano in Italy
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Noun[edit]
Vesuvius (plural Vesuviuses)
- A kind of firework supposed to resemble a volcano eruption.
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Of uncertain origin; however, proposed derivations include:
- Latin vē- + Ancient Greek σβέ(ννῡμι) (sbé(nnūmi), “I am quenched”, “I go out”)
- Oscan 𐌚𐌄𐌔𐌚 (fesf, “steam”, “smoke”)
- Proto-Celtic *ves (“mountain”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯eˈsu.u̯i.us/, [u̯ɛˈs̠uː̯iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /veˈsu.vi.us/, [veˈs̬uːvius]
Proper noun[edit]
Vesuvius m sg (genitive Vesuviī or Vesuvī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Vesuvius |
Genitive | Vesuviī Vesuvī1 |
Dative | Vesuviō |
Accusative | Vesuvium |
Ablative | Vesuviō |
Vocative | Vesuvī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms[edit]
- Vesuvīnus (“of, belonging to Vesuvius”, adjective)
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “Vĕsŭvĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Vĕsŭvĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,668/1.
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