Vesunna

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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