Volcatius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Vulcācius
• Vulcātius

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯olˈkaː.ti.us/, [u̯ɔɫ̪ˈkäːt̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /volˈkat.t͡si.us/, [volˈkät̪ː͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Volcātius m sg (genitive Volcātiī or Volcātī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Volcatius Sedigitus, a Roman poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Volcātius
Genitive	Volcātiī Volcātī1
Dative	Volcātiō
Accusative	Volcātium
Ablative	Volcātiō
Vocative	Volcātī

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

References

• “Volcatius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Vulcacius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.