Vasio

Latin

Alternative forms

• Vaiso (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

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Ruins of a villa

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.si.oː/, [ˈu̯äs̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.si.o/, [ˈväːs̬io]

Proper noun

Vasiō m sg (genitive Vasiōnis); third declension

1. (historical) The chief town of the Vocontii in Gallia Narbonensis, now Vaison-la-Romaine

   Synonyms: Vasio Vocontiorum, Pago Vasionense

2. Vaison-la-Romaine (a town in the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)

   Holonym: Vallis Clausa

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Vasiō
genitive	Vasiōnis
dative	Vasiōnī
accusative	Vasiōnem
ablative	Vasiōne
vocative	Vasiō
locative	Vasiōnī Vasiōne

Derived terms

• Vasienses
• Vasio Vocontiorum

 

Descendants

• French: Vaison

References

• “Vasio”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Vasio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.