volaticus

Latin

Etymology

From volō (“fly”) +‎ -āticus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯oˈlaː.ti.kus/, [u̯ɔˈɫ̪äːt̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /voˈla.ti.kus/, [voˈläːt̪ikus]

Adjective

volāticus (feminine volātica, neuter volāticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. winged, flying
2. flighty, inconstant

Declension

First/second-declension adjective

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	volāticus	volātica	volāticum		volāticī	volāticae	volātica
genitive	volāticī	volāticae	volāticī		volāticōrum	volāticārum	volāticōrum
dative	volāticō	volāticae	volāticō		volāticīs
accusative	volāticum	volāticam	volāticum		volāticōs	volāticās	volātica
ablative	volāticō	volāticā	volāticō		volāticīs
vocative	volātice	volātica	volāticum		volāticī	volāticae	volātica

Related terms

• volātilis
• volō

Descendants

• North Italian:
  • Emilian: vuladga, valudegh
  • Friulian: voladie
  • Lombard: voladega, oradega, oladega
• Gallo-Romance:
  • French: volage
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: volatge
  • Occitan: volatge
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian:
    • Logudorese: voladiga
    • Nuorese: volatica

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “volatĭcus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 609

Further reading

• “volaticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “volaticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• volaticus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• volaticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.