Volsci

See also: volsci

English

Etymology

From the Latin Volscī.

Pronunciation

Noun

Volsci pl (plural only)

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

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Latin

Etymology

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

If from Etruscan, possibly related to the name Volsinii;[1] otherwise, if an Italic borrowing, possibly from Osci prefixed with a stem vol-, meaning "warlike" or "ancient."[2]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Volscī m pl (genitive Volscōrum); second declension

  1. Volsci, Volscians

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Volscī
genitive Volscōrum
dative Volscīs
accusative Volscōs
ablative Volscīs
vocative Volscī

Derived terms

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.
  1. ^ G. Devoto, Per la storia linguistica della Ciociaria, La Ciociaria, pp. 4 - 6
  2. ^ Storia delle Due Sicilie dall'antichita più remota al 1789, p. 398.
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