Vesuvius

From Latin Vesuvius, of uncertain origin.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /vəˈsu.vi.əs/
• Hyphenation: Ve‧su‧vi‧us

Vesuvius

1. A volcanic mountain in Italy

• Vesuvian, vesuvin

• Vesēvus, Vesaevus (collateral forms)
• Vesvius, Vesbius (contracted collateral forms)

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”)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /weˈsu.wi.us/, [wɛˈsʊ.wi.ʊs]

Vesuvius m (genitive Vesuviī); second declension

1. Vesuvius (a celebrated volcano in Campania)

Second declension.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• Vesuvīnus (“of, belonging to Vesuvius”, adjective)

• Campānia

• 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