volup

Latin

Etymology

Shortened from Old Latin *volupe, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁p-, from *welh₁- [whence volō and Ancient Greek ἔλπω (élpō)].

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯o.lup/, [ˈu̯ɔɫ̪ʊp]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.lup/, [ˈvɔːlup]

Adverb

volup (not comparable)

1. pleasantly, agreeably, satisfactorily
2. with pleasure

Related terms

• Volupia
• voluptificus
• voluptuōsus
• voluptuōsē
• voluptābilis
• voluptārius
• voluptāriē
• voluptās
• voluptātīvus

 

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1137
• “volup”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “volup”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• volup in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.