volans

See also: Volans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of volō (“fly; move swiftly”).

Pronunciation

Participle

volāns (genitive volantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. flying

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative volāns volantēs volantia
genitive volantis volantium
dative volantī volantibus
accusative volantem volāns volantēs
volantīs 		volantia
ablative volante
volantī1 		volantibus
vocative volāns volantēs volantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

  • Italian: volante
  • Old French: volant
  • Portuguese: voante
  • Spanish: volante
  • → Portuguese: volante

References

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