Vesontio
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably of Gaulish/Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *wes, *ves (“mountain”) (compare the first element of Vesuvius), from Proto-Indo-European *wers-, *wer- (“highland, high”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯eˈson.ti.oː/, [u̯ɛˈs̠ɔn̪t̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /veˈson.t͡si.o/, [veˈs̬ɔnt̪͡s̪io]
Proper noun
[edit]Vesontiō f sg (genitive Vesontiōnis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Vesontiō |
| genitive | Vesontiōnis |
| dative | Vesontiōnī |
| accusative | Vesontiōnem |
| ablative | Vesontiōne |
| vocative | Vesontiō |
| locative | Vesontiōnī Vesontiōne |
Descendants
[edit]- French: Besançon
References
[edit]- “Vesontio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Vesontio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Everett-Heath, John (2017): The Concise Dictionary of World Place Names
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