Vesbius

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯es.bi.us/, [ˈu̯ɛs̠biʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈves.bi.us/, [ˈvɛzbius]

Proper noun

Vesbius m sg (genitive Vesbiī or Vesbī); second declension

1. Contraction of Vesuvius.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Vesbius
genitive	Vesbiī Vesbī1
dative	Vesbiō
accusative	Vesbium
ablative	Vesbiō
vocative	Vesbī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “Vesbĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Vesbĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,665/2.