vulturius

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Latin

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Etymology

From Old Latin voltur, most likely related to vello.

Pronunciation

Noun

vulturius m (genitive vulturiī or vulturī); second declension

  1. vulture
  2. a rapacious person
  3. (dice games) an unlucky throw

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative vulturius vulturiī
genitive vulturiī
vulturī1 		vulturiōrum
dative vulturiō vulturiīs
accusative vulturium vulturiōs
ablative vulturiō vulturiīs
vocative vulturie vulturiī

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

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References

  • “vulturius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vulturius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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