Volusius
Latin
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯oˈlu.si.us/, [u̯ɔˈɫ̪ʊs̠iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /voˈlu.si.us/, [voˈluːs̬ius]
Proper noun
editVolusius m (genitive Volusiī or Volusī); second declension
- The name of a Roman gens, (famously held by Volusius Venustus, a Roman aristocrat)
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Volusius | Volusiī |
Genitive | Volusiī Volusī1 |
Volusiōrum |
Dative | Volusiō | Volusiīs |
Accusative | Volusium | Volusiōs |
Ablative | Volusiō | Volusiīs |
Vocative | Volusī | Volusiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “Volusius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Volusius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.