Vesunna

Latin

Etymology

Gaulish city, named after the Celtic goddess Vesunna, from Proto-Celtic *wesus (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯eˈsun.na/, [u̯ɛˈs̠ʊnːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /veˈsun.na/, [veˈs̬unːä]

Proper noun

Vesunna f sg (genitive Vesunnae); first declension

1. The chief city of the Petrocorii in Aquitania, now Périgueux

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Vesunna
genitive	Vesunnae
dative	Vesunnae
accusative	Vesunnam
ablative	Vesunnā
vocative	Vesunna
locative	Vesunnae

References

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