Vesuvius

== English == === Alternative forms === Vesuvy (obsolete, rare) === Etymology === From Latin Vesuvius, of uncertain origin. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /vəˈsu.vi.əs/ Hyphenation: Ve‧su‧vi‧us === Proper noun === Vesuvius A volcanic mountain located on the Gulf of Naples in Italy. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Vesuvius (plural Vesuviuses) A kind of firework supposed to resemble a volcano eruption. == Latin == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === Of uncertain origin; however, proposed derivations include: Latin vē- +‎ Ancient Greek σβέ(ννῡμῐ) (sbé(nnūmĭ), “to be quenched; to go out”) Oscan 𐌚𐌄𐌔𐌚 (fesf, “steam; smoke”) Proto-Celtic *ves (“mountain”) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛˈsʊ.wi.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [veˈs̬uː.vi.us] === Proper noun === Vesuvius m sg (genitive Vesuviī or Vesuvī); second declension Vesuvius, a volcano in Campania ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: Vesuvi French: Vésuve→ Iranian Persian: وِزوو (vezuv)→ Turkish: Vezüv Italian: Vesuvio Portuguese: Vesúvio Romanian: Vezuviu Sicilian: Visuvi Spanish: Vesubio → English: Vesuvius → Polish: Wezuwiusz → Russian: Везу́вий (Vezúvij) → Armenian: Վեզուվ (Vezuv) ==== See also ==== Campānia === 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.