volucra
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From volvō (“I roll”). Compare convolvulus, involvulus. Sen 2015 considers its development to be connected to that of volucer (“flying, winged”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯oˈluː.kra/, [u̯ɔˈɫ̪uːkrä] or IPA(key): /ˈu̯o.lu.kra/, [ˈu̯ɔɫ̪ʊkrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /voˈlu.kra/, [voˈluːkrä] or IPA(key): /ˈvo.lu.kra/, [ˈvɔːlukrä]
- Short u is given by De Vaan and seems to be implied by Sen's explanation of the etymology.[1][2]
Noun[edit]
volū̆cra f (genitive volū̆crae); first declension
- A kind of worm or caterpillar that wraps itself up in vine-leaves
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | volū̆cra | volū̆crae |
| Genitive | volū̆crae | volū̆crārum |
| Dative | volū̆crae | volū̆crīs |
| Accusative | volū̆cram | volū̆crās |
| Ablative | volū̆crā | volū̆crīs |
| Vocative | volū̆cra | volū̆crae |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sen, Ranjan (2015) Syllable and Segment in Latin, Oxford University Press, pages 107, 116
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “volvō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 690: “Short -u- appears to be preserved in volucra / -is with its specialized meaning 'caterpillar' < *'wrapping itself up'.”
Further reading[edit]
- “volucra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- volucra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.