Vedius

vē- (“not, anti-”) +‎ dīus (“god, divine”), from Proto-Italic *djous (“day, sky; Jove”) from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“sky god”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [weːˈdiː.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [veˈd̪iː.us]

Vēdīus m sg (genitive Vēdīī); second declension

1. alternative form of Vēiovis (“Vejove”, literally “Anti-Jove”)

Second-declension noun, singular only.

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈweː.di.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛː.d̪i.us]

Vēdius m sg (genitive Vēdiī or Vēdī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Publius Vedius Pollio, a Roman eques famous for his cruelty to his slaves

Second-declension noun, singular only.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• “Vedius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Vedius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.