Volscius

Volscius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ol.ski.us/, [ˈu̯ɔɫ̪s̠kiʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvol.ʃi.us/, [ˈvɔl̠ʲʃius]

Proper noun

Volscius m sg (genitive Volsciī or Volscī); second declension

1. The name of a Roman gens, famously held by:
   1. Marcus Volscius Fictor, a Roman tribune

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Volscius
Genitive	Volsciī Volscī1
Dative	Volsciō
Accusative	Volscium
Ablative	Volsciō
Vocative	Volscī

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

References

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