Vetulonia

Italian

Etymology

From the Latin Vetulōnia.

Proper noun

Vetulonia ?

  1. a part of Castiglione della Pescaia in Tuscany; once an Etruscan town

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

vetulus (little old, adjective) +‎ -ōnia ≈ “little old town”

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Vetulōnia f sg (genitive Vetulōniae); first declension

  1. a town in Etruria
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Silius Italicus to this entry?)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Vetulōnia
genitive Vetulōniae
dative Vetulōniae
accusative Vetulōniam
ablative Vetulōniā
vocative Vetulōnia
locative Vetulōniae

Derived terms

  • Vetulōniēnsēs
  • Vetulōniī

Descendants

  • Italian: Vetulonia

References