vulturius

Latin

Alternative forms

• volturius

Etymology

From Old Latin voltur, most likely related to vello.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯ulˈtu.ri.us/, [u̯ʊɫ̪ˈt̪ʊriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vulˈtu.ri.us/, [vul̪ˈt̪uːrius]

Noun

vulturius m (genitive vulturiī or vulturī); second declension

1. vulture
2. a rapacious person
3. (dice games) an unlucky throw

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vulturius	vulturiī
Genitive	vulturiī vulturī1	vulturiōrum
Dative	vulturiō	vulturiīs
Accusative	vulturium	vulturiōs
Ablative	vulturiō	vulturiīs
Vocative	vulturie	vulturiī

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

Synonyms

• (vulture): vultur

Descendants

• Aromanian: vultur
• Catalan: voltor
• Italian: avvoltoio
• Ladin: valtoi

• Occitan: voltor, voutor
• Romanian: vultur
• Sicilian: vuturu, avuturu
• Venetian: avoltogio, voltor

References

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