vulturius
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Latin voltur, most likely related to vello.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯ulˈtu.ri.us/, [u̯ʊɫ̪ˈt̪ʊriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vulˈtu.ri.us/, [vul̪ˈt̪uːrius]
Noun edit
vulturius m (genitive vulturiī or vulturī); second declension
- vulture
- a rapacious person
- (dice games) an unlucky throw
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vulturius | vulturiī |
Genitive | vulturiī vulturī1 |
vulturiōrum |
Dative | vulturiō | vulturiīs |
Accusative | vulturium | vulturiōs |
Ablative | vulturiō | vulturiīs |
Vocative | vulturie | vulturiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms edit
- (vulture): vultur
Descendants edit
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References edit
- “vulturius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vulturius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.