Vessuvius

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛsˈsʊ.wi.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vesˈsuː.vi.us] === Proper noun === Vessuvius m sg (genitive Vessuviī or Vessuvī); second declension alternative form of Vesuvius ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).