Volusius

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Volusius m (genitive Volusiī or Volusī); second declension

  1. The name of a Roman gens, (famously held by Volusius Venustus, a Roman aristocrat)
    • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, 36 lines 1–2; 18–20:
      Annālēs Volusī, cacāta carta,
      vōtum solvite prō meā puellā.

      At vōs intereā venīte in ignem,
      plēnī rūris et īnfacētiārum
      annālēs Volusī, cacāta carta.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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

References

  • “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.
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