Vespucius

== Latin == === Etymology === From Italian Vespucci + Latin -ius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛsˈpʊ.ki.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vesˈpuː.t͡ʃi.us] === Proper noun === Vespucius m sg (genitive Vespuciī or Vespucī); second declension (New Latin) a surname from Italian — famously held by: Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512), Florentine explorer and navigator. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).