Volsci

See also: volsci

English

Etymology

From the Latin Volscī.

Pronunciation

• enPR: vŏlʹshī, IPA^(key): /ˈvɒlʃaɪ/

Noun

1. (historical) An ancient Italic people and culture from the first century of the Roman republic.

Related terms

• Volscian

Translations

an ancient Italic people and culture from the first century of the Roman republic

• Esperanto: Volsques pl
• Latin: Volscī pl
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: вольски (ru) pl (volʹski)

Further reading

• Volsci on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Clovis

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Latin

Etymology

Unknown, possibly from a non-Indo-European substrate.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ol.skiː/, [ˈu̯ɔɫ̪s̠kiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvol.ʃi/, [ˈvɔl̠ʲʃi]

Proper noun

Volscī m pl (genitive Volscōrum); second declension

1. Volsci, Volscians

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Volscī
Genitive	Volscōrum
Dative	Volscīs
Accusative	Volscōs
Ablative	Volscīs
Vocative	Volscī

Derived terms

• Volscē
• Volscus

Descendants

• English: Volsce, Volsci, Volscian

References

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