Volumnus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Volumna

Etymology

From volō (“to want, wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-o- (“strive”) + *-mh₁nos.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯oˈlum.nus/, [u̯ɔˈɫ̪ʊmnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /voˈlum.nus/, [voˈlumnus]

Proper noun

Volumnus m (genitive Volumnī); second declension

1. a minor Roman god that bestows good intention to a fetus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Volumnus	Volumnī
Genitive	Volumnī	Volumnōrum
Dative	Volumnō	Volumnīs
Accusative	Volumnum	Volumnōs
Ablative	Volumnō	Volumnīs
Vocative	Volumne	Volumnī

References

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