Vesvius

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɛs.wi.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛz.vi.us] === Proper noun === Vesvius m sg (genitive Vesviī or Vesvī); second declension alternative form of Vesuvius ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === References === “Vesvĭus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,668/1.