Volteius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Vultēius

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯olˈteː.i̯us/, [u̯ɔɫ̪ˈt̪eːi̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /volˈte.jus/, [vol̪ˈt̪ɛːjus]

Proper noun

Voltēius m sg (genitive Voltēiī or Voltēī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Volteius, a Roman tribune

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Voltēius
Genitive	Voltēiī Voltēī1
Dative	Voltēiō
Accusative	Voltēium
Ablative	Voltēiō
Vocative	Voltēī

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

References

• “Volteius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray