vulturius
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Latin voltur, most likely related to vello.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯ulˈtu.ri.us/, [u̯ʊɫ̪ˈt̪ʊriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vulˈtu.ri.us/, [vul̪ˈt̪uːrius]
Noun[edit]
vulturius m (genitive vulturiī or vulturī); second declension
- vulture
- a rapacious person
- (dice games) an unlucky throw
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | 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).
Synonyms[edit]
- (vulture): vultur
Descendants[edit]
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References[edit]
- “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.