Vesuvius
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Vesuvius Mons in Campania 
Oswald Achenbach's Naples, Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 (1890)
English
Etymology
From Latin Vesuvius, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /vəˈsu.vi.əs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: Ve‧su‧vi‧us
Proper noun
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 , →OCLC, page 577:
- Hecla bellowed until the Icelanders feared a cataclysm. Vesuvius blew its head off.
Derived terms
Translations
volcano in Italy
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Noun
Vesuvius (plural Vesuviuses)
- A kind of firework supposed to resemble a volcano eruption.
Latin
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Alternative forms
Etymology
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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯eˈsu.u̯i.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /veˈsu.vi.us/,
Proper noun
Vesuvius m sg (genitive Vesuviī or Vesuvī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Vesuvius |
| Genitive | Vesuviī Vesuvī1 |
| Dative | Vesuviō |
| Accusative | Vesuvium |
| Ablative | Vesuviō |
| Vocative | Vesuvī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- Vesuvīnus (“of, belonging to Vesuvius”, adjective)
Descendants
See also
References
- “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.