Volsci
See also: volsci
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: vŏlʹshī, IPA(key): /ˈvɒlʃaɪ/
Noun edit
Volsci pl (plural only)
- (historical) An ancient Italic people and culture from the first century of the Roman republic.
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Translations edit
an ancient Italic people and culture from the first century of the Roman republic
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Latin edit
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]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯ol.skiː/, [ˈu̯ɔɫ̪s̠kiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvol.ʃi/, [ˈvɔl̠ʲʃi]
Proper noun edit
Volscī m pl (genitive Volscōrum); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
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Nominative | Volscī |
Genitive | Volscōrum |
Dative | Volscīs |
Accusative | Volscōs |
Ablative | Volscīs |
Vocative | Volscī |
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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.