Volumnius
Latin
Etymology
From Volumnus (“a Roman god”) + -ius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯oˈlum.ni.us/, [u̯ɔˈɫ̪ʊmniʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /voˈlum.ni.us/, [voˈlumnius]
Proper noun
Volumnius m sg (genitive Volumniī or Volumnī); second declension
- The name of a Roman gens, famously held by:
- Lucius Volumnius Flamma Violens, a Roman consul
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Volumnius |
| Genitive | Volumniī Volumnī1 |
| Dative | Volumniō |
| Accusative | Volumnium |
| Ablative | Volumniō |
| Vocative | Volumnī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- Volumnia
- Volumniānus
References
- “Volumnius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Volumnius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “Volumnius”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray