Vesontio
Latin
Etymology
Probably of Gaulish/Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *wes, *ves (“mountain”) (compare the first element of Vesuvius), from Proto-Indo-European *wers-, *wer- (“highland, high”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯eˈson.ti.oː/, [u̯ɛˈs̠ɔn̪t̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /veˈson.t͡si.o/, [veˈs̬ɔnt̪͡s̪io]
Proper noun
Vesontiō f sg (genitive Vesontiōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Vesontiō |
| Genitive | Vesontiōnis |
| Dative | Vesontiōnī |
| Accusative | Vesontiōnem |
| Ablative | Vesontiōne |
| Vocative | Vesontiō |
| Locative | Vesontiōnī Vesontiōne |
Descendants
- French: Besançon
References
- “Vesontio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Vesontio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Everett-Heath, John (2017): The Concise Dictionary of World Place Names
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