voltus

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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

voltus m (genitive voltūs); fourth declension

  1. Alternative form of vultus (“face, appearance, expression”)
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.209:
      spem voltū simulat
      with appearance he feigns hope
      (Aeneas “puts on a brave face” to encourage his men after the disastrous storm.)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative voltus voltūs
Genitive voltūs voltuum
Dative voltuī voltibus
Accusative voltum voltūs
Ablative voltū voltibus
Vocative voltus voltūs

Further reading

  • “voltus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “voltus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • voltus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • voltus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3544
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