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): /u̯eˈsun.na/, [u̯ɛˈs̠ʊnːä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /veˈsun.na/, [veˈs̬unːä]

Proper noun

Vesunna f sg (genitive Vesunnae); first declension

The chief city of the Petrocorii in Aquitania, now Périgueux

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	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

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