Vesunna

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /weˈsun.na/, [wɛˈsʊn.na]

Proper noun

Vesunna f (genitive Vesunnae); first declension

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

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Vesunna
Genitive Vesunnae
Dative Vesunnae
Accusative Vesunnam
Ablative Vesunnā
Vocative Vesunna

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
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