volucer

Latin

Etymology

From volō (“I fly”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯o.lu.ker/, [ˈu̯ɔɫ̪ʊkɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.lu.t͡ʃer/, [ˈvɔːlut͡ʃer]

Adjective

volucer (feminine volucris, neuter volucre); third-declension three-termination adjective

1. winged
   • 29 bc. Vergil. Georgics, III

     omne adeo genvs in terris hominvmqve ferarvmqve
     et genvs æqvorevm pecvdes pictæqve volvcres
     in fvrias ignemqve rvvnt

     So far does every species on earth of man and beast,
     whether the aquatic species, livestock, or painted-winged,
     collapse into the frenzies and the fire [of sex].

2. flying, able to fly

Declension

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	volucer	volucris	volucre		volucrēs		volucria
Genitive	volucris				volucrium
Dative	volucrī				volucribus
Accusative	volucrem		volucre		volucrēs		volucria
Ablative	volucrī				volucribus
Vocative	volucer	volucris	volucre		volucrēs		volucria

Derived terms

• volucris

References

• “volucer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “volucer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• volucer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.