vultus

Latin

Alternative forms

• voltus

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”), see also Tocharian B yel- ‘to examine’ and Welsh gweld.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ul.tus/, [ˈu̯ʊɫ̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvul.tus/, [ˈvul̪t̪us]

Noun

vultus m (genitive vultūs); fourth declension

1. expression, appearance, looks
2. (anatomy) face

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vultus	vultūs
Genitive	vultūs	vultuum
Dative	vultuī	vultibus
Accusative	vultum	vultūs
Ablative	vultū	vultibus
Vocative	vultus	vultūs

Synonyms

• (face): faciēs, os

Descendants

• Italian: volto
• Occitan: vòlt
• Old French: volt
• Portuguese: vulto
• Spanish: bulto, vulto

Noun

(deprecated template usage) vultus

1. vocative singular of vultus

Noun

(deprecated template usage) vultūs

1. genitive singular of vultus
2. nominative plural of vultus
3. accusative plural of vultus
4. vocative plural of vultus

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1136
• “vultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vultus 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)
• vultus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • his eyes are always fixed on some one's face: oculi in vultu alicuius habitant
    
  • to dissemble, disguise one's feelings: vultum fingere
    
  • a feigned expression: vultus ficti simulatique
    
  • to put on a stern air: vultum componere ad severitatem
    
  • to keep one's countenance, remain impassive: vultum non mutare