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Italian
Proper noun
Volsinii ?
- an ancient Etruscan town near modern Bolsena
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Etruscan 𐌖𐌄𐌋𐌆𐌍𐌀 (uelzna), 𐌖𐌄𐌋𐌖𐌔𐌍𐌀 (uelusna). Found in Greek as Ὀυολσίνιοι (Ouolsínioi) (Strabo) and Ὀυολσίνιον (Ouolsínion) (Ptolemy).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Volsiniī m pl (genitive Volsiniōrum); second declension
- Volsinii (ancient Etruscan city)
- Bolsena (city in Italy, a successor to the Etruscan city)
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
References
- “Volsinii”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Volsinii in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.