Volturcius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Vulturcius

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯olˈtur.ki.us/, [u̯ɔɫ̪ˈt̪ʊrkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /volˈtur.t͡ʃi.us/, [vol̪ˈt̪urt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Volturcius m sg (genitive Volturciī or Volturcī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Titus Volturcius, a conspirator of Catiline

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Volturcius
Genitive	Volturciī Volturcī1
Dative	Volturciō
Accusative	Volturcium
Ablative	Volturciō
Vocative	Volturcī

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

References

• Vulturcius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Volturcius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray