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Vesuvius

Vesuvius · m

a celebrated volcano in Campania

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Where it lives

Divus Titus 2 · 13.44/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 8 1 · 0.77/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 2 · 0.76/10k
De Architectura 2 · 0.35/10k
Letters 2 · 0.31/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k
Annales 1 · 0.11/10k
Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

Vĕsŭvĭus — Lewis & Short

Vĕsŭvĭus, ii, m.ve and sbe-, root of sbe/nnumi; v. Lidd. and Scott s. v.,

I a celebrated volcano in Campania, Liv. 8, 8, 19; Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 22; Col. 3, 2, 10; Plin. Ep. 6, 6, 12.—Collat. form Vĕsēvus (Vĕsaev-), i, m., Suet. Tit. 8; id. Vit. Plin.; Stat. S. 4, 8, 5; Val. Fl. 4, 507.—In apposition: Vesevo jugo, Verg. G. 2, 224 (Rib. Vesaevo); Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 184.—Contr. collat. form Vesvĭus or Vesbĭus, ii, m., Mart. 4, 44, 1; Stat. S. 4, 4, 79; Sil. 8, 655; 17, 598; Val. Fl. 3, 209.—Hence, Vĕsŭvī-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Vesuvius, Vesuvian: apex, Stat. S. 3, 5, 72: incendia, id. ib. 2, 6, 62; 5, 3, 205.—Collat. form Vĕsēvīnus, a, um: aquae, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1.—Contr. Vesbīnus, Sil. 12, 152.

In the wild

Vesuvio Vitruvius, De Architectura 2.6.2
Vesuvius Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 2.8.20.4
Vesuvio Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 3.5.p7
Vesuvii Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.8.8.19
Vesuvium Vitruvius, De Architectura 2.6.1
Vesuvius Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1.11.16.5

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