See also: volsci

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From the Latin Volscī.

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Volsci pl (plural only)

  1. (historical) An ancient Italic people and culture from the first century of the Roman republic.

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Etymology edit

Unknown, possibly from a non-Indo-European substrate.

If from Etruscan, possibly related to the name Volsinii;[1] otherwise, if an Italic borrowing, possibly from Osci prefixed with a stem vol-, meaning "warlike" or "ancient."[2]

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Volscī m pl (genitive Volscōrum); second declension

  1. Volsci, Volscians

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Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Volscī
Genitive Volscōrum
Dative Volscīs
Accusative Volscōs
Ablative Volscīs
Vocative Volscī

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  • English: Volsce, Volsci, Volscian

References edit

  • Volsci”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Volsci in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ G. Devoto, Per la storia linguistica della Ciociaria, La Ciociaria, pp. 4 - 6
  2. ^ Storia delle Due Sicilie dall'antichita più remota al 1789, p. 398.